CVE-2025-69183
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 · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in e-plugins Hospital Doctor Directory hospital-doctor-directory allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Hospital Doctor Directory: from n/a through <= 1.3.9.
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 Hospital Doctor Directory WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.3.9) contains an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability allowing privilege escalation. This indicates that the plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks, enabling authenticated users (possibly with low-privilege roles) to perform actions or access functionality reserved for higher-privilege users (such as administrators).
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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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Locate the Hospital Doctor Directory pluginCheck the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'hospital-doctor-directory' or similar. In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Hospital Doctor Directory'.Affected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress.
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Determine the installed plugin versionIf found in the plugins list, view the plugin details to see the version number. Alternatively, open the main plugin PHP file (often hospital-doctor-directory.php) and check the plugin header comment for 'Version: x.x.x'.Affected if The version is 1.3.9 or lower.
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Verify WordPress user roles and capabilitiesNavigate to Users > All Users in the WordPress admin panel. Review the roles assigned to each user (e.g., Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber). Check if any users have been added with elevated privileges unexpectedly.Affected if Unexpected users with Administrator role exist, or lower-privilege users have access to admin functionality they should not have.
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Check for unauthorized admin accountsQuery the wp_users and wp_usermeta database tables (or inspect via Users panel) for admin accounts you did not create. Look for user_login or user_email values that are unfamiliar.Affected if New or unexpected administrator-level accounts are present in the WordPress database.
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Audit plugin capability checksIf you have access to the plugin source code, examine PHP files in the plugin directory for missing capability checks before admin actions (look for 'current_user_can' or 'manage_options' checks that may be missing around sensitive functions).Affected if Plugin code lacks proper authorization checks before performing administrative actions.
If the Hospital Doctor Directory plugin version is 1.3.9 or lower and is active, and especially if lower-privilege users can access admin functions or unauthorized admin accounts exist, the environment is affected by this privilege escalation 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.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the Hospital Doctor Directory plugin to the latest version immediately. If no patch is available, audit the plugin's capability checks and role-based access controls, disable the plugin until a fix is released, or remove it if unmaintained.
Version 1.4.0 or later
- 1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- 3. Locate the Hospital Doctor Directory plugin
- 4. If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to upgrade to the latest version
- 5. Alternatively, download the latest version from a trusted source and upload via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- 6. After updating, verify the plugin version is 1.4.0 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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