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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-69010

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-30
Mitigation only
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in themebeez Themebeez Toolkit themebeez-toolkit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Themebeez Toolkit: from n/a through <= 1.3.5.

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 confidence

Missing authorization vulnerability in the Themebeez Toolkit WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to access functions or endpoints that should require proper authentication and capability verification. The issue stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels in version 1.3.5 and earlier.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks (capability checks and nonce verification) on all sensitive functions and AJAX endpoints to enforce correct access control levels.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Themebeez Toolkit plugin is installed
    Log in to WordPress admin and go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the wp-content/plugins directory for the themebeez-toolkit folder, or query the wp_options table for the active_plugins option
    Affected if The Themebeez Toolkit plugin folder exists and the plugin is active
  2. Check installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, view the Plugins list and note the version displayed next to Themebeez Toolkit, or open the main plugin PHP file (e.g., themebeez-toolkit.php) and locate the Version header in the plugin comment block
    Affected if The version is 1.3.5 or lower (any version 1.3.5 or earlier is affected)
  3. Identify accessible AJAX endpoints
    Inspect the plugin directory for AJAX action handlers (search for 'add_action("wp_ajax_' and 'add_action("wp_ajax_nopriv_' in PHP files), noting which endpoints are registered without capability checks
    Affected if Sensitive AJAX endpoints are registered with wp_ajax_nopriv_ or lack capability verification (current_user_can checks)
  4. Test unauthorized access to sensitive functions
    Use a tool like curl or Burp Suite to send requests to the identified AJAX endpoints without providing authentication cookies or nonces, observing whether the server processes the request
    Affected if The server returns successful responses (HTTP 200 with data) for sensitive operations when no authentication credentials are provided

A user is affected if the Themebeez Toolkit plugin version is 1.3.5 or earlier and sensitive endpoints/functions are accessible without authentication credentials.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper authorization checks (capability checks and nonce verification) on all sensitive functions and AJAX endpoints to enforce correct access control levels.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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