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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-62919

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-27
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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60/100
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 themeshopy TS Demo Importer ts-demo-importer allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects TS Demo Importer: from n/a through <= 0.1.3.

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

The TS Demo Importer plugin for WordPress contains a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in versions up to and including 0.1.3. The plugin fails to properly validate user permissions before allowing access to certain functionality, enabling unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to perform actions that should be restricted to administrators.

MitigationUpdate to the latest version of TS Demo Importer which includes proper authorization checks, or implement role-based access control (RBAC) validation before executing 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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

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. Locate the TS Demo Importer plugin files
    Check the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'ts-demo-importer' or similar. Open the main plugin PHP file and look for the plugin header comment which contains the Version field.
    Affected if The plugin is present and the version listed in the header is 0.1.3 or lower
  2. Verify the installed version against affected range
    Compare the Version number from the plugin header to the affected range (versions up to and including 0.1.3). If the version cannot be determined or is 0.1.3 or below, the installation is potentially affected.
    Affected if The installed version is 0.1.3 or lower, or the version cannot be determined
  3. Inspect plugin for capability checks
    Search the plugin source code for WordPress authorization functions such as 'current_user_can', 'check_admin_referer', or 'wp_verify_nonce'. Examine any AJAX handlers or admin action hooks (like admin_post_, wp_ajax_) to see if they verify user capabilities before executing.
    Affected if The plugin lacks capability checks (like current_user_can) before executing privileged operations, or the checks are missing on specific admin action handlers
  4. Test unauthenticated access to plugin functions
    If the site allows it, attempt to access plugin functionality directly via its admin URLs or AJAX endpoints without logging in or with a low-privileged user account. Look for demo import, settings save, or content creation endpoints.
    Affected if Unauthenticated users or subscribers/contributors can access demo import or administrative functions that should require administrator privileges
  5. Review user role permissions for plugin actions
    Check the plugin settings or functionality to determine which user roles can trigger demo import, content creation, or configuration changes. Compare these roles against the expected requirement (administrator only).
    Affected if Non-administrator roles (or unauthenticated users) are able to trigger actions that should be restricted to administrators

A user is affected if TS Demo Importer is installed at version 0.1.3 or below and the plugin allows unauthenticated or non-administrator users to access privileged functionality without proper authorization checks.

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

Update to the latest version of TS Demo Importer which includes proper authorization checks, or implement role-based access control (RBAC) validation before executing privileged operations.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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