CVE-2025-5812

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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.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b9edcbdc-5b01-4880-95ec-57d87ccbb472?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vgw-metis/trunk/classes/admin.php#L422

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-26

Updated: 2025-06-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00026