CVE-2025-5814 (GCVE-0-2025-5814)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-07 04:22 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:09
VLAI
Title
Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP <= 1.0.0 - Missing Authentication to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Reactivation via State Restoration
Summary
The Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpsd_plugin_control() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reactivate previously deactivated plugins after accessing the "Profiler" page.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
switcorp Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
ch4r0n
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