Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-58613

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-09-03
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Barn2 Plugins Posts Table with Search & Sort posts-data-table allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Posts Table with Search & Sort: from n/a through <= 1.4.10.

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 confidence

This is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Barn2 Posts Table with Search & Sort WordPress plugin (versions through 1.4.10). The plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks, allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels to access functionality they should not have permission to use.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks and capability verification (using WordPress nonce verification and user capability checks) before executing sensitive operations in the plugin.

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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
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify the Barn2 Posts Table plugin is installed
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Barn2 Posts Table with Search & Sort' or check the plugin files in /wp-content/plugins/ for the posts-table-with-search-sort directory
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active, as this is a missing authorization vulnerability affecting the plugin itself
  2. Determine the installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Barn2 Posts Table with Search & Sort, and note the version number displayed
    Affected if The installed version is 1.4.10 or lower (the vulnerability affects versions through 1.4.10)
  3. Check for publicly accessible AJAX actions
    Review the site's public AJAX endpoints (typically /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php) and check if any Barn2 Posts Table-related AJAX actions are accessible to unauthenticated users. Use a tool to enumerate AJAX actions and verify if they require user capability checks
    Affected if AJAX actions from this plugin are accessible to users who lack proper authorization (non-admin users or unauthenticated users can access admin-level functionality)
  4. Review plugin capability checks
    If you have access to the plugin source code, search for current_user_can, wp_verify_nonce, and check_admin_referer calls within the plugin's PHP files to verify authorization is properly enforced before sensitive operations
    Affected if The plugin lacks proper current_user_can() checks or nonce verification before executing sensitive operations

A user is affected if the Barn2 Posts Table with Search & Sort plugin version 1.4.10 or lower is installed and the plugin exposes functionality that can be accessed without proper authorization verification.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper authorization checks and capability verification (using WordPress nonce verification and user capability checks) before executing sensitive operations in the plugin.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
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