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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-62090

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-09
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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71/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable 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 Jegstudio Gutenverse News – Advanced News Magazine Blog Gutenberg Blocks Addons gutenverse-news allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Gutenverse News – Advanced News Magazine Blog Gutenberg Blocks Addons: from n/a through <= 3.0.2.

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 confidence

This is a missing authorization (broken access control) vulnerability in the Gutenverse News WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks on certain functions, allowing unauthenticated or low-privilege attackers to access resources or perform actions that should require higher privileges due to incorrectly configured access control security levels.

MitigationUpdate the Gutenverse News plugin to the latest version (if available) or implement proper capability checks and authorization validation on all sensitive endpoints and functions within the plugin.

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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

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  1. Verify Gutenverse News plugin is installed
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Gutenverse News'. Alternatively, check if the directory /wp-content/plugins/gutenverse-news/ exists on the server.
    Affected if The Gutenverse News plugin is present in the WordPress installation
  2. Determine installed version of Gutenverse News
    In WordPress Plugins admin page, click on the plugin name to view version details. Or read the Version header from the main plugin file at wp-content/plugins/gutenverse-news/gutenverse-news.php
    Affected if Installed version falls within the affected vulnerable range (compare your version to the known vulnerable versions if published)
  3. Identify accessible plugin functions without proper authorization
    Review the plugin source code in wp-content/plugins/gutenverse-news/ for functions that handle sensitive operations (such as post creation, modification, deletion, or data export). Check if these functions verify user capabilities using current_user_can() or similar authorization checks.
    Affected if Sensitive functions lack proper capability checks and are accessible to low-privilege or unauthenticated users
  4. Test if unauthenticated or low-privilege users can access protected endpoints
    Using a tool like Burp Suite or curl, attempt to access suspected AJAX endpoints (often wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=...) or direct PHP files in the plugin directory while authenticated as a low-privilege user (e.g., Subscriber) or without authentication.
    Affected if Requests succeed without proper authentication or authorization validation
  5. Check WordPress roles and capabilities configuration
    In WordPress admin, navigate to Users > Roles or use a role management plugin to examine what capabilities are assigned to each role. Check if Gutenverse News creates or modifies any custom roles or capabilities.
    Affected if Custom roles or capabilities created by the plugin grant excessive permissions to lower-privileged users

If the Gutenverse News plugin is installed and sensitive functions lack proper capability checks, low-privilege or unauthenticated users may be able to perform actions that should require higher privileges.

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

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update the Gutenverse News plugin to the latest version (if available) or implement proper capability checks and authorization validation on all sensitive endpoints and functions within the plugin.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Update to latest version > 3.0.2

  1. 1. Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
  2. 2. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. 3. Locate the Gutenverse News plugin
  4. 4. Check the current installed version to confirm it is <= 3.0.2
  5. 5. If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to install the latest version
  6. 6. After updating, verify the plugin is running a version newer than 3.0.2
  7. 7. Test that the authorization controls are functioning correctly for affected endpoints
Caveat Review changelog for any breaking changes between current version and new version before updating

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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