CVE-2025-57944
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Skimlinks Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool skimlinks allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool: from n/a through <= 1.3.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA missing authorization vulnerability in the Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access certain functionality that is not properly constrained by access control lists (ACLs). The issue affects all versions up to and including 1.3, potentially permitting unauthorized actions within the plugin's operations.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool' or 'Skimlinks' in the plugin listAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Check the installed plugin versionIn the plugins list, click on the plugin to view details, or inspect the plugin's main PHP file header for 'Version:' field, or check readme.txtAffected if Version is 1.3 or lower (the vulnerable version range is 'all versions up to and including 1.3')
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Identify plugin files and functionalityAccess the plugin directory via FTP or file manager at wp-content/plugins/ and locate the main plugin file (usually named similarly to the plugin slug)Affected if Plugin files exist in the WordPress plugins directory with exposed admin-related functions or AJAX endpoints lacking capability checks
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Verify if unauthenticated access is possibleTest access to plugin admin pages or functionality without logging in, or inspect the plugin code for missing 'current_user_can()' or 'check_admin_referer()' calls before sensitive operationsAffected if Plugin functionality is accessible without authentication or proper authorization checks are missing in the code
If the Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool plugin is installed at version 1.3 or below, the environment is affected by this missing authorization vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper capability checks and authorization validation for all sensitive functions within the plugin; restrict access to admin-only functionality and verify all user role capabilities before executing privileged operations.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-57944 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data