CVE-2025-22698 WordPress Accessibility Suite by Ability, Inc plugin <= 4.18 - Multiple Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Accessibility Suite plugin to perform unauthorized actions.
- 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-2025-22698?
CVE-2025-22698 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ability, Inc Accessibility Suite, published on 14 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ability, Inc Accessibility Suite online-accessibility allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Accessibility Suite: from n/a through <= 4.18.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22698?
How do I fix CVE-2025-22698?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22698 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-2025-22698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h363-hgm3-pxr6.