Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-26965

CVE-2025-26965:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Amelia WordPress plugin (ameliabooking) contains an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-26965. This security issue affects all versions of Amelia up to and including version 1.2.16, with the vulnerability being discovered and publicly disclosed on February 23, 2025. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions due to missing validation on a user-controlled key (WPScan, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) and is categorized under CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The issue falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control (Patchstack, NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to bypass authorization and authentication mechanisms, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive files, folders, or database interactions. The specific impact varies case by case, though it has been assessed as having a low severity impact (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.2.17 of the Amelia plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.2.17 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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