CVE-2025-22722 WordPress Widget Options plugin <= 4.0.8 - Broken Access Control to Notice Dimissal vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls to dismiss notices in the Widget Options plugin, requiring an upgrade to the latest version.
- 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-2025-22722?
CVE-2025-22722 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Marketing Fire Widget Options, published on 21 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Marketing Fire Widget Options widget-options allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Widget Options: from n/a through <= 4.0.8.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22722?
How do I fix CVE-2025-22722?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22722 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-2025-22722 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22722 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-53qp-hx3p-8597.