CVE-2025-31841 WordPress FPW Category Thumbnails Plugin <= 1.9.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the FPW Category Thumbnails WordPress 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-2025-31841?
CVE-2025-31841 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Frank P. Walentynowicz FPW Category Thumbnails, published on 3 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Frank P. Walentynowicz FPW Category Thumbnails fpw-category-thumbnails allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FPW Category Thumbnails: from n/a through <= 1.9.5.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31841?
How do I fix CVE-2025-31841?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31841 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-2025-31841 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31841 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w689-5mxw-fp2q.