CVE-2025-63022
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 topdevs.net Simple Like Page simple-facebook-plugin allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Like Page: from n/a through <= 1.5.3.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the Simple Like Page WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The plugin fails to properly verify user permissions before allowing certain actions, potentially enabling unauthorized access to like/configuration features.
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
- 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify if Simple Like Page plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Simple Like Page' in the installed plugins list, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'simple-like-page' or similarAffected if The plugin is present in the plugins directory regardless of activation status
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Check plugin activation statusIn WordPress admin > Plugins, verify whether Simple Like Page is currently activatedAffected if The plugin is activated and exposes its functionality
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Identify installed versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Simple Like Page and note the version number displayed under the plugin nameAffected if The version cannot be determined or falls within an affected version range (compare to official vulnerability disclosure)
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Inspect plugin functionality exposureAccess the plugin's frontend pages or AJAX endpoints (check /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php for like-related actions, review plugin menu items) without logging in or with a low-privilege accountAffected if Like or configuration actions execute successfully without proper permission checks or return expected content to unauthorized users
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Review user role and capability settingsCheck WordPress Users > Roles or use a role editor plugin to examine what capabilities are assigned to Subscriber, Contributor, or other low-privilege roles regarding the Simple Like Page pluginAffected if Low-privilege users can access or modify like counts, plugin settings, or page configurations that should require administrator privileges
You are affected if the Simple Like Page plugin is installed, activated, and allows unauthorized users to access like or configuration features without proper WordPress capability checks.
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 dataImplement proper capability checks and authorization validation in all plugin functions that perform sensitive operations. If the plugin is no longer maintained, remove it and replace with a supported alternative.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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-2025-63022 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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