CVE-2025-30581 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-30581: WordPress Top Bar plugin <= 3.3 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability

Vendor Pluginops

Product Top Bar

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published March 24, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PluginOps Top Bar ultimate-bar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Top Bar: from n/a through <= 3.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Top Bar versions 3.3 and earlier contain an authorization flaw that allows unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive information over the network. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and no special configuration. Site administrators should update to a version newer than 3.3 to prevent unauthorized data disclosure.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information without authentication.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized users can access confidential data exposed by the Top Bar component.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the site; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 24, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30581 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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