CVE-2025-2568 Missing authorization in Vayu Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress & WooCommerce
Unauthenticated attackers can read and modify specific plugin options due to missing capability checks in Vayu Blocks for WordPress.
- 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-2025-2568?
CVE-2025-2568 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themehunk Vayu Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress & WooCommerce, published on 8 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Vayu Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to missing capability checks on the 'vayu_blocks_get_toggle_switch_values_callback' and 'vayu_blocks_save_toggle_switch_callback' function in versions 1.0.4 to 1.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read plugin options and update any option with a key name ending in '_value'.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2568?
How do I fix CVE-2025-2568?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2568 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-2025-2568 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2568 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-89wq-8x6h-qwcm.