CVE-2025-58969
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 Greg Winiarski Custom Login URL custom-login-url allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Custom Login URL: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.
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 confidenceThe Custom Login URL WordPress plugin by Greg Winiarski contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This issue affects all versions up to and including 1.0.2, where the plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks for certain administrative functions.
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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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Verify if Custom Login URL plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins, or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'custom-login-url' or similarAffected if The plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Check the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the Custom Login URL version, or open the main plugin PHP file and look for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if The version is 1.0.2 or lower (all versions up to and including 1.0.2 are affected)
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Inspect plugin admin functions for capability checksReview the plugin PHP files in the admin or includes folders for functions handling administrative tasks; look for calls to current_user_can() or similar WordPress authorization functions before executing sensitive operationsAffected if Administrative functions lack proper current_user_can() checks or similar authorization enforcement
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Test access to plugin administrative endpointsIf the plugin exposes admin pages or AJAX endpoints, attempt to access them while logged in as a subscriber or editor-level user (a non-administrator); check if the requests are processed without denialAffected if Non-administrator users can access or modify plugin settings intended only for administrators
A user is affected if the Custom Login URL plugin version 1.0.2 or lower is installed AND administrative functions lack proper capability checks, allowing unauthorized users to access settings or functions intended only for administrators.
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 Custom Login URL if a patched release is available, or remove the plugin if unused. Review WordPress user role capabilities and ensure administrative functions are restricted to users with appropriate privileges.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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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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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