CVE-2025-5815
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 · uneditedThe Traffic Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disabled bot logging.
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 · high confidenceThe Traffic Monitor WordPress plugin lacks a capability check on the tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags() function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to call this function and disable bot logging. This is a broken access control vulnerability where the function directly processes requests without verifying user permissions.
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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 Traffic Monitor plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and verify the Traffic Monitor plugin is active, or check the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a traffic-monitor or similar named plugin folderAffected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Locate the vulnerable tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags functionSearch plugin source files (typically in plugin directory under wp-content/plugins/) for the function named tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags using grep or file searchAffected if The function exists in the plugin code
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Verify absence of capability check in the functionExamine the tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags function body and check if it contains a capability check such as current_user_can('manage_options') or similar at the function startAffected if No capability check (current_user_can) is present at the beginning of the function
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Check if the function is hooked to an accessible actionSearch for add_action or add_hook calls that register tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags to a publicly accessible hook (such as init, wp_ajax_nopriv, or REST API endpoints)Affected if The function is hooked to an action accessible to unauthenticated users (e.g., init, wp_ajax_nopriv_)
You are affected if the Traffic Monitor plugin is installed and the tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags function lacks a capability check and is accessible to unauthenticated users.
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 dataAdd a WordPress capability check (e.g., current_user_can('manage_options')) at the beginning of the tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags() function to ensure only authorized administrators can modify bot logging settings.
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- Implementation2.0 h
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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.
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