CVE-2025-69188
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 e-plugins fitness-trainer fitness-trainer allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects fitness-trainer: from n/a through <= 1.7.1.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the e-plugins fitness-trainer WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The vulnerability enables unauthorized access to sensitive functionality that should be restricted to privileged users.
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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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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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Identify if fitness-trainer plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'fitness-trainer' by e-plugins, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a fitness-trainer folderAffected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Check installed plugin versionView the plugin file header (usually fitness-trainer.php) to read the Version field, or check the plugin details in the WordPress plugins admin pageAffected if Version is unknown or falls within any unpatched range (compare to vendor release notes)
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Identify sensitive admin functions in the pluginExamine plugin PHP files in the /wp-content/plugins/fitness-trainer/ directory for functions handling user data, settings, or privileged operationsAffected if Plugin contains admin-level functions without proper capability checks (e.g., missing current_user_can() calls)
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Test authorization on plugin endpointsUse a low-privilege test user (subscriber role) to attempt access to plugin admin pages, AJAX actions, or REST endpoints; inspect HTTP responses for 200 OK vs 403/401 errorsAffected if Requests return 200 OK and expose sensitive data or functionality to unauthenticated or low-privilege users
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Review capability checks in plugin codeSearch plugin source code for current_user_can(), wp_get_current_user(), or role verification logic around sensitive functionsAffected if Sensitive functions lack capability checks or use weak/incorrect capability definitions
User is affected if the fitness-trainer plugin is installed and sensitive functionality is accessible to unauthorized users due to missing or inadequate 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 implement proper capability checks and role-based access control (RBAC) for all sensitive functions in the plugin. Apply vendor patch immediately upon release.
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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-2025-69188 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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