CVE-2025-68603
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 Marketing Fire Editorial Calendar editorial-calendar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Editorial Calendar: from n/a through <= 3.8.8.
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 Editorial Calendar WordPress plugin (versions up to 3.8.8) contains a missing authorization vulnerability allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This enables unauthorized access to administrative functions due to improper permission checks.
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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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 Editorial Calendar plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and look for 'Editorial Calendar' in the list of installed plugins, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ folder for the editorial-calendar directoryAffected if The plugin is present in the plugins list or file system
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Determine installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Editorial Calendar and read the version number displayed below the plugin name, or inspect the main plugin file header in /wp-content/plugins/editorial-calendar/ed-calendar.php for the 'Version' tagAffected if The version is 3.8.8 or lower (any version up to and including 3.8.8)
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Check for unauthenticated access to admin endpointsAttempt to access plugin-specific admin URLs or AJAX endpoints directly without logging in (for example: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=ec_load_calendar or similar plugin actions), using a browser or curl with no authentication cookiesAffected if The endpoints return successful data or administrative responses without requiring login
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Inspect nonce and capability checks in plugin codeExamine the main plugin PHP files for missing current_user_can() calls or weak capability checks before sensitive operations, looking for AJAX handlers or admin functions that process data without verifying user rolesAffected if Sensitive functions lack proper capability checks or nonce verification
A user is affected if the Editorial Calendar plugin version is 3.8.8 or lower AND unauthenticated or unauthorized users can access administrative functions without proper permission verification.
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 Editorial Calendar plugin to the latest version which should contain proper authorization fixes, or implement role-based access control restrictions at the web server/WAF level as an interim measure.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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