Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-23423

CVE-2025-23423:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-23423) was discovered in Smackcoders SendGrid for WordPress plugin versions through 1.4. The vulnerability was reported by Ananda Dhakal and publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025. The affected plugin, which has over 15,000 downloads and approximately 1,000 active installations, was subsequently removed from the WordPress repository (Wordfence Intel).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) that stems from missing authorization checks. It received a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction needed (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unprivileged users to execute certain higher privileged actions due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. The impact is considered low severity, with only integrity being affected as indicated by the CVSS metrics (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The plugin has been removed from the WordPress repository, suggesting that users should consider alternative solutions for SendGrid integration (Wordfence Intel).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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