CVE-2025-53421 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-53421: WordPress Accordion plugin <= 2.3.14 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Pickplugins

Product Accordion

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published October 22, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

6.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PickPlugins Accordion accordions allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Accordion: from n/a through <= 2.3.14.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Accordion plugin for WordPress contains an authorization flaw that allows authenticated users with low privileges to read sensitive data they should not access. An attacker with a basic user account can retrieve confidential information from the site without needing to modify or disrupt anything. Update to a version newer than 2.3.14 to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data they should not have access to.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Confidential information may be exposed to any registered user, even those with minimal permissions.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

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

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 22, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53421 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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