CVE-2025-64294
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 d3wp WP Snow Effect wp-snow-effect allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects WP Snow Effect: from n/a through <= 1.1.19.
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 WP Snow Effect plugin allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access functionality that should be restricted by access control lists. The plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before executing certain administrative functions.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify WP Snow Effect plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'WP Snow Effect' or 'snow-effect'. Check if it is activated.Affected if The plugin is installed and activated on the WordPress site
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Identify installed plugin versionClick on the plugin name in the Plugins page to view details, or check the plugin header in /wp-content/plugins/ directory for the 'Version' tag.Affected if Version cannot be determined or is older than the patched version (if known)
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Inspect admin function access controlsReview the plugin PHP files in /wp-content/plugins/snow-effect/ and search for function hooks that handle admin actions (e.g., admin_init, wp_ajax, settings pages). Look for missing current_user_can() capability checks before executing privileged operations.Affected if Administrative functions lack proper current_user_can() checks or capability validation
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Check for nonce verification in AJAX handlersExamine all wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks in the plugin. Verify that nonce tokens are validated using check_ajax_referer() or wp_verify_nonce() before processing requests.Affected if AJAX endpoints that perform admin actions do not verify nonces or user capabilities
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Test unauthenticated access to plugin endpointsAttempt to access plugin admin pages or trigger AJAX actions while logged out (or as a low-privilege user). Observe if the requests are processed without being rejected.Affected if Unauthenticated or subscriber-level users can access plugin administrative functions
If WP Snow Effect is installed and administrative functions execute without proper capability checks and nonce validation, the site is affected by this authorization bypass vulnerability.
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 dataAdd proper WordPress capability checks (using current_user_can()) and nonce verification to all functions that perform administrative or configuration actions within the plugin.
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