CVE-2025-62129
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 Magnigenie RestroPress restropress allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects RestroPress: from n/a through <= 3.2.7.
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 Magnigenie RestroPress WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels due to insufficient permission checks on certain actions or endpoints. This broken access control issue affects all versions through 3.2.7 and enables unauthorized users to perform privileged operations.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify RestroPress plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for RestroPress, or check if the directory /wp-content/plugins/restropress/ exists on the serverAffected if RestroPress plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine installed RestroPress versionIn WordPress admin Plugins page, click on RestroPress to view details, or open /wp-content/plugins/restropress/restropress.php and find the Version: line in the plugin header commentAffected if Installed version is 3.2.7 or lower (all versions through 3.2.7 are affected)
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Identify sensitive plugin actions without authorization checksSearch plugin PHP files for wp_ajax_ and admin-post.php hooks, then examine whether these hooks call current_user_can() or a capability check before performing privileged operationsAffected if Plugin contains actions or endpoints that process requests without verifying user permissions
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Check for missing nonce validationSearch plugin PHP files for form submissions and AJAX handlers, then verify if wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() is called before processing sensitive dataAffected if Sensitive actions accept requests without nonce token validation
User is affected if RestroPress version 3.2.7 or lower is installed and the plugin exposes actions or endpoints that lack capability checks and nonce validation.
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 RestroPress to the latest version when available, or review and implement proper capability checks and nonce validation on all sensitive plugin functions to enforce WordPress user roles and capabilities.
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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-2025-62129 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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