CVE-2025-31799 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-31799: WordPress Publitio plugin <= 2.1.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Publitio

Product Publitio

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published April 1, 2025

Last update April 28, 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 publitio Publitio publitio allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Publitio: from n/a through <= 2.1.8.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Publitio versions up to 2.1.8 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users to modify data they should not have access to. An attacker with a low-privilege account can alter information through the API or web interface without proper permission validation. The vulnerability affects integrity but not confidentiality or availability. Update to version 2.2.6 or later to remediate.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Modify data or settings belonging to other users or the application without proper authorization.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized changes to application data, user accounts, or settings by authenticated but unprivileged users.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a valid low-privilege account on the Publitio instance.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 1, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31799 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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