CVE-2025-23486 WordPress Database Sync plugin <= 0.5.1 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability
An attacker can access sensitive data in the WordPress Database Sync plugin due to missing authorization checks.
- 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-2025-23486?
CVE-2025-23486 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in tamlyn Database Sync, published on 22 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in tamlyn Database Sync database-sync allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Database Sync: from n/a through <= 0.5.1.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23486?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23486?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23486 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-2025-23486 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23486 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqgm-6hg6-vrvf.