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CVE-2025-25167 (GCVE-0-2025-25167)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-07 10:12 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:11
VLAI
Title
WordPress BookPress – For Book Authors Plugin <= 1.2.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Black and White BookPress – For Book Authors book-press allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects BookPress – For Book Authors: from n/a through <= 1.2.7.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 13:10 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Black and White BookPress – For Book Authors Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.7 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:34
Credits
Phat RiO | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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