Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-62152

MEDIUM · 5.3 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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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 ConveyThis ConveyThis conveythis-translate allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ConveyThis: from n/a through <= 269.2.

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

Missing authorization in ConveyThis translate plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially accessing administrative or privileged functions without proper authentication or authorization validation.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks (capability/role-based access control) on all sensitive endpoints and administrative functions, ensuring the plugin validates user permissions before granting access to protected functionality.

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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. Confirm ConveyThis plugin installation
    Locate ConveyThis plugin files in the CMS plugin directory (commonly wp-content/plugins/ for WordPress or similar path in other platforms)
    Affected if ConveyThis plugin files are present in the plugins directory
  2. Identify installed plugin version
    Read the plugin version from the main plugin file header (typically contains 'Version: x.x.x' comment) or version.php file
    Affected if Installed version matches or falls within the affected version range for this CVE
  3. Verify administrative endpoints exist
    Search plugin source code for admin action handlers, AJAX endpoints, or API routes that provide access to plugin settings or translation management functions
    Affected if Plugin exposes administrative or privileged function endpoints
  4. Inspect authorization implementation
    Examine the plugin code for capability checks (such as current_user_can, role verification, or permission validation) on sensitive functions and admin endpoints
    Affected if Authorization checks are missing or insufficient on protected functions
  5. Check security configuration options
    Review plugin settings panel for access control or security level configuration options mentioned in the CVE description
    Affected if Plugin allows misconfigured access control security levels

User is affected if ConveyThis plugin is installed and administrative endpoints lack proper authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated or unauthorized access to privileged functions.

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

Implement proper authorization checks (capability/role-based access control) on all sensitive endpoints and administrative functions, ensuring the plugin validates user permissions before granting access to protected functionality.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,440
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