CVE-2026-25390
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 Saad Iqbal New User Approve new-user-approve allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects New User Approve: from n/a through <= 3.2.3.
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 New User Approve WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The plugin fails to properly validate user permissions before granting access to user approval functionalities, enabling unauthorized users to manipulate user account states.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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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Verify New User Approve plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins, or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'new-user-approve' or similar variantAffected if The plugin folder exists and the plugin is active in WordPress
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Identify installed plugin versionOpen the plugin's main PHP file (usually new-user-approve.php or similar) and locate the version header comment, or check the plugin's readme.txt fileAffected if The installed version matches or falls within any known vulnerable version range (compare your version to official security advisories)
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Confirm user approval functionality is enabledCheck WordPress admin settings page for New User Approve plugin - look for user approval/registration approval options under plugin settings or Users menuAffected if User approval functionality is active and users require approval before account activation
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Inspect capability checks in approval actionsReview PHP files handling approval/rejection actions (typically in the plugin's admin folder) and verify if current_user_can() or similar WordPress capability checks are present before processing approval/rejection requestsAffected if The plugin lacks proper capability checks (e.g., missing current_user_can('manage_options') or similar admin-level validation) before allowing user state changes
You are affected if the New User Approve plugin is active and running a version with missing or insufficient capability validation before user approval/rejection operations.
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 to the latest version of the New User Approve plugin (if available) or implement proper capability checks and nonce validation on all user approval actions. Review and enforce WordPress capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) before executing approval/rejection operations.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-25390 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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