CVE-2025-68586
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 Gora Tech Cooked cooked allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Cooked: from n/a through <= 1.11.3.
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 confidenceThe Cooked plugin by Gora Tech contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability (Broken Access Control) where the application fails to properly verify user permissions before allowing access to certain functionality or resources. This allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially accessing administrative features or sensitive data that should require elevated 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
- 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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Confirm Cooked plugin installationNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and verify the Cooked plugin by Gora Tech is installed and activeAffected if Cooked plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Identify installed Cooked versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, locate Cooked plugin and note the version number displayed, or check plugin header file for version constantAffected if Version is older than the latest patched version available from Gora Tech
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Verify user role configurationsReview WordPress user roles and capabilities under Users > Roles, or inspect database wp_options for role_capabilities keys to ensure no custom roles have elevated administrative permissionsAffected if Non-administrator users have been granted administrative-level capabilities or custom roles with excessive privileges
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Test access to sensitive endpointsUsing a low-privilege test account, attempt to access Cooked plugin admin pages or sensitive features directly via URL (e.g., /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cooked-*), or inspect plugin code for unprotected adminajax hooksAffected if Low-privilege users can access administrative functions or execute actions that should require elevated permissions
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Audit plugin settings for authorization gapsUnder Cooked plugin settings panel, review any endpoints, AJAX actions, or API routes the plugin exposes and verify each has proper capability checks using current_user_can() or role verificationAffected if Plugin exposes functionality without proper authorization checks or capability validation
If Cooked plugin is installed and the installed version is older than the patched version, or if low-privilege users can access administrative features, the environment is likely affected by this missing authorization 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 dataUpdate the Cooked plugin to the latest version once available. Review and enforce proper authorization checks on all sensitive endpoints and functions, and audit user role capabilities to ensure least-privilege access controls are properly configured.
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