FivestarWordPress extension · Qodeinteractive
CVE-2025-69032
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 · uneditedAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Mikado-Themes FiveStar fivestar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FiveStar: from n/a through <= 1.7.
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 confidenceFiveStar theme <= 1.7 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability where a user-controlled key allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to protected resources or functionality.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
FivestarWordPress extension
<= 1.7CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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 FiveStar theme is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Appearance > Themes to verify the FiveStar theme by Qodeinteractive is active on the siteAffected if FiveStar theme by Qodeinteractive is active and installed
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Identify installed FiveStar versionAccess theme files via FTP or file manager, open style.css in the theme root directory, and locate the 'Version' header field to determine the exact version numberAffected if Version number is 1.7 or lower
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Locate user-controllable key parameterReview theme PHP files for parameters that accept user input related to access control or authentication logic, commonly found in files handling user roles, permissions, or API endpointsAffected if Theme code contains a user-controllable parameter used in access control or authorization logic without proper validation
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Inspect access control configurationExamine theme files that define security levels, user roles, or permission checks for any hardcoded or configurable access control settingsAffected if Access control configurations allow modification through user-controllable parameters or contain insecure permission definitions
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Test for authorization bypassUsing browser developer tools or a request tool, attempt to access protected functionality while manipulating the identified user-controlled key parameter to see if authorization can be bypassedAffected if Manipulating the user-controlled key allows access to resources or functionality that should require higher privileges
A site is affected if FiveStar theme version 1.7 or lower is installed and the theme contains user-controllable parameters in access control logic that can be exploited to bypass authorization checks.
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 harden all access control configurations in FiveStar, ensuring all authorization checks properly validate user permissions and cannot be bypassed through user-controllable parameters.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA2.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-69032 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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