CVE-2025-48096 WordPress Custom CSS plugin <= 1.4.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Custom CSS plugin to perform unauthorized actions, requiring plugin updates.
- 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-2025-48096?
CVE-2025-48096 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in FRESHFACE Custom CSS, published on 22 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in FRESHFACE Custom CSS custom-css-editor allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Custom CSS: from n/a through <= 1.4.0.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48096?
How do I fix CVE-2025-48096?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48096 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-2025-48096 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48096 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c9x3-8c6j-hwjf.