CVE-2025-23955 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-23955: WordPress Xola plugin <= 1.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Xola

Product Xola

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published January 16, 2025

Last update May 11, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in xola Xola xola-bookings-for-tours-activities allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Xola: from n/a through <= 1.6.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Xola versions 1.6 and earlier lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users to modify data they should not have access to. An attacker with a low-privilege account can change information without the system verifying their permissions. The vulnerability affects data integrity but does not expose sensitive information or disrupt service availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Modify data belonging to other users or restricted resources without proper authorization.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' data may be altered by other authenticated accounts; trust and data integrity are compromised.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a valid low-privilege account on the Xola platform.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2025 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23955 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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