CVE-2025-68508 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-68508: WordPress Brave plugin <= 0.8.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Brave

Product Brave

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published December 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 Brave Brave brave-popup-builder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Brave: from n/a through <= 0.8.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Brave versions 0.8.3 and earlier lack proper authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated network attackers to read sensitive information. No user interaction is required. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (medium severity) and affects confidentiality but not integrity or availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information without authentication over the network.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Not applicable—Brave is a browser, not a CMS plugin or module.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the affected Brave instance; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 24, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68508 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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