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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-62018

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-11-06
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 hogash KALLYAS kallyas.This issue affects KALLYAS: from n/a through <= 4.22.0.

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

A Missing Authorization vulnerability exists in the KALLYAS WordPress theme (versions up to 4.22.0) that allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access certain functionality or data that should require proper authentication and authorization checks.

MitigationApply the latest KALLYAS theme update (beyond 4.22.0) which should include proper authorization checks, or manually review and add authorization controls to all sensitive functionality within the theme.

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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 checks

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

  1. Verify KALLYAS theme is installed
    Check the wp-content/themes/ directory for the kallyas folder, or view installed themes in WordPress admin under Appearance > Themes
    Affected if KALLYAS theme folder exists in the WordPress themes directory
  2. Determine installed KALLYAS version
    Open the style.css file in wp-content/themes/kallyas/ and locate the 'Version:' declaration in the file header comment
    Affected if Version number is 4.22.0 or lower
  3. Compare version to affected range
    Parse the version number found in style.css and compare it numerically to 4.22.0
    Affected if Installed version is 4.22.0 or any earlier version (e.g., 4.21.0, 4.20.0, etc.)
  4. Identify exposed theme endpoints
    Review the theme includes/ or library/ directories for PHP files that handle requests (look for functions processing $_GET, $_POST, or AJAX calls without current_user_can() checks)
    Affected if Unprotected PHP files that should require authentication are accessible to unauthenticated users

If the KALLYAS theme version is 4.22.0 or lower and unprotected theme functionality is accessible, the environment is affected by this missing authorization vulnerability.

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

Apply the latest KALLYAS theme update (beyond 4.22.0) which should include proper authorization checks, or manually review and add authorization controls to all sensitive functionality within the theme.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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