CVE-2025-0958 Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.9 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Deletion
Authenticated attackers with Contributor access can delete arbitrary posts and pages due to missing authorization checks in the Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0958?
CVE-2025-0958 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nitesh_singh Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin, published on 4 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary auctions, posts as well as pages and allows them to execute other actions related to auction handling.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0958?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Auctionplugin Ultimate Auction.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0958?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0958 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-0958 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0958 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-88q3-624h-g74w.