CVE-2025-13880 Missing authorization in WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, User Reviews & Chat Widgets

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can view and modify advanced settings in the WP Social Ninja WordPress plugin due to missing capability checks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-13880?

CVE-2025-13880 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in adreastrian WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, User Reviews & Chat Widgets, published on 17 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, Customer Reviews, Chat Widgets (Google Reviews, YouTube Feed, Photo Feeds, and More) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the getAdvanceSettings and saveAdvanceSettings functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view and modify plugin's advanced settings.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13880?

How do I fix CVE-2025-13880?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13880 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-2025-13880 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13880 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cj35-jqv6-wwvh.

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