CVE-2025-47469 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-47469: WordPress Media Hygiene plugin <= 4.0.0 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability

Vendor Slui

Product Media Hygiene

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published May 7, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

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:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in slui Media Hygiene media-hygiene allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Media Hygiene: from n/a through <= 4.0.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Media Hygiene versions 4.0.0 and earlier lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to modify or disable functionality they should not access. The vulnerability affects both data integrity and availability. A low-privilege account is required to exploit this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Modify or disable Media Hygiene features that should be restricted to higher-privilege users.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Low-privilege users can alter or disable media hygiene settings, potentially compromising content integrity.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege authenticated account on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 7, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47469 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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