CVE-2025-48242 WordPress Legal Pages plugin <= 1.4.5 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Legal Pages plugin to perform unauthorized actions, requiring a plugin update.
- 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-2025-48242?
CVE-2025-48242 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpWax Legal Pages, published on 19 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in wpWax Legal Pages legal-pages allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Legal Pages: from n/a through <= 1.4.5.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48242?
How do I fix CVE-2025-48242?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48242 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-2025-48242 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48242 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g7vx-258p-5gcp.