CVE-2025-68505
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 icc0rz H5P h5p allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects H5P: from n/a through <= 1.16.1.
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 H5P WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.16.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The vulnerability stems from improper authorization checks that fail to validate user permissions before allowing access to certain 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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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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Confirm H5P plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate H5P, or check /wp-content/plugins/ directory for h5p folder. Alternatively, search the WordPress database in wp_options for option_name containing 'h5p'Affected if H5P plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Check H5P plugin versionView the plugin file header in wp-content/plugins/h5p/h5p.php or h5p.php to read the Version: field, or check the WordPress plugins page listingAffected if Version is 1.16.1 or lower (the affected range)
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Identify access control security level settingIn WordPress admin, navigate to H5P > Settings > Security and Permissions (or similar H5P settings page). Look for a setting labeled 'Security level', 'Access control', or 'Library access' that controls who can upload or manage H5P contentAffected if The security level is set to a permissive value (such as 'Open', 'Anyone', or 'Public') that allows unauthenticated access to sensitive operations
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Test for unauthenticated access to H5P endpointsUsing a tool like curl, send a request to H5P AJAX endpoints (e.g., /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_library) or H5P content upload endpoints without providing authentication cookies or credentialsAffected if The request succeeds and returns content or functionality that should require authentication, indicating the authorization bypass is active
A user is affected if the H5P plugin version is 1.16.1 or lower AND the security level is configured to allow unauthenticated access to sensitive H5P operations.
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 dataReview and correct the access control security level configuration in H5P settings, ensuring all sensitive operations enforce proper authorization checks based on user roles and permissions.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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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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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