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CVE-2025-5812

VG WORT METIS <= 2.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Settings Update



Description

The VG WORT METIS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gutenberg_save_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update limited post settings.

Reserved 2025-06-06 | Published 2025-06-26 | Updated 2025-06-26 | Assigner Wordfence


MEDIUM: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

*
affected

Timeline

2025-06-25:Disclosed

Credits

ch4r0n finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-5b01-4880-95ec-57d87ccbb472?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...-metis/trunk/classes/admin.php

cve.org (CVE-2025-5812)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-5812)

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