# CVE-2025-14726: Missing authorization in Widgets for Social Photo Feed

> Unauthenticated attackers can access and modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks on REST API endpoints.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2026
- **Updated:** 4 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v9g8-4j77-xxgv

## What is CVE-2025-14726?

CVE-2025-14726 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in trustindex Widgets for Social Photo Feed, published on 2 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Widgets for Social Photo Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the '/trustindex_feed_hook_instagram/troubleshooting' and '/trustindex_feed_hook_instagram/submit-data' REST API endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 1.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access and update plugin settings.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14726?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14726?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14726 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14726 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14726 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Widgets for Social Photo Feed <= 1.8 - Information Disclosure (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-14726.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14726 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14726 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in trustindex Widgets for Social Photo Feed, published on 2 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14726 exists.

Affected product: trustindex Widgets for Social Photo Feed. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14726/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14726/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14726
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14726
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14726

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14726/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.