PT-2025-26920 · WordPress · Vg Wort Metis

Ch4R0N · Published 2025-06-26 · Updated 2025-06-26 · CVE-2025-5812

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: VG WORT METIS plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.0.0

Description: The issue is related to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gutenberg save post() function. This allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to update limited post settings.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.0.0, update to version 2.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the gutenberg save post() function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-5812

Affected Products

Vg Wort Metis

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5812 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1938081858295636120 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1938133856500023421 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vgw-metis/trunk/classes/admin.php#L422 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b9edcbdc-5b01-4880-95ec-57d87ccbb472?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/27084 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3334017/vgw-metis/trunk/classes/admin.php · Note