CVE-2025-58711
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 solwin Blog Designer PRO blog-designer-pro allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Blog Designer PRO: from n/a through <= 3.4.8.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the Blog Designer PRO WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or low-privileged users to access administrative functionality that should be restricted by access control lists (ACLs). The plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before executing certain functions, enabling privilege escalation or unauthorized access to designer features.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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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Verify Blog Designer PRO plugin is installed and activeIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Blog Designer PRO'. Note if it is installed and activated.Affected if The Blog Designer PRO plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Check installed plugin versionClick on the plugin name in the WordPress plugins list to view the version number, or check the plugin main file header for the 'Version' field.Affected if The installed version is any version of Blog Designer PRO prior to the patched release
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Inspect user role capabilities for designer featuresNavigate to Blog Designer PRO settings and review which user roles have access to plugin features. Check if low-privileged roles (Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber) have access to designer templates or administrative functions.Affected if Low-privileged or unauthenticated roles have access to designer or administrative plugin features that should be restricted
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Review access control settingsGo to Blog Designer PRO > Settings or ACL configuration panel and examine the permission settings for each user role.Affected if No capability checks are enforced or ACL settings allow broad access to designer functions
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Audit admin actions for unauthorized accessReview WordPress activity logs, audit logs, or server access logs for actions performed by low-privileged users that modify designer templates, styles, or plugin settings.Affected if Actions on designer features were performed by users without administrator privileges
A user is affected if Blog Designer PRO plugin is active and lacks proper authorization controls, allowing non-admin users to access designer functionality.
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 dataUpdate to the latest version of Blog Designer PRO when available. Until then, restrict administrative access to trusted users only and monitor for unauthorized administrative actions.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-58711 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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