CVE-2025-64263
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 PluginEver WP Content Pilot wp-content-pilot allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Content Pilot: from n/a through <= 2.1.7.
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 confidenceThe WP Content Pilot plugin for WordPress versions up to 2.1.7 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control likely enables unauthenticated or low-privilege users to perform actions that should require higher privileges.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm WP Content Pilot plugin is installedLocate the wp-content/plugins/ directory and check for a folder named 'wp-content-pilot' or 'content-pilot', or check the WordPress admin Plugins page for an entry named WP Content Pilot or Content PilotAffected if The plugin folder exists in wp-content/plugins/ or the plugin appears in WordPress admin plugins list
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Identify installed plugin versionOpen the plugin's main PHP file (usually wp-content/plugins/wp-content-pilot/wp-content-pilot.php or similar) and locate the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block, or check the plugin's readme.txt fileAffected if The reported version is 2.1.7 or any version lower than 2.1.7 (e.g., 2.1.6, 2.1.5, 2.0.x, 1.x)
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Verify plugin admin functionality is exposedAttempt to access common plugin admin pages (e.g., /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-content-pilot* or check for registered admin menu items using a WordPress security scanner or by inspecting the plugin's admin menu registration code)Affected if Plugin admin pages are reachable and the plugin registers menu items in the WordPress admin dashboard
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Test for broken access control on plugin actionsUse a tool like Burp Suite or curl to send requests to plugin AJAX endpoints (wp-admin/admin-ajax.php) or direct action URLs without proper authentication or with a low-privilege user account (subscriber level)Affected if Requests to plugin sensitive actions complete successfully without returning a 401/403 error or requiring higher-level capabilities (like manage_options or edit_posts)
You are affected if the WP Content Pilot plugin is installed, the version is 2.1.7 or lower, and unauthenticated or low-privilege users can access plugin administrative functions without proper 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 dataUpdate WP Content Pilot to the latest version if available, or implement proper capability checks and nonce verification on all sensitive plugin actions to enforce role-based access controls.
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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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
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