CVE-2025-49973 Missing authorization in Image Sizes Controller, Create Custom Image Sizes, Disable Image Sizes
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Image Sizes Controller 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-2025-49973?
CVE-2025-49973 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in GrandPlugins Image Sizes Controller, Create Custom Image Sizes, Disable Image Sizes, published on 20 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in GrandPlugins Image Sizes Controller, Create Custom Image Sizes, Disable Image Sizes image-sizes-controller allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Image Sizes Controller, Create Custom Image Sizes, Disable Image Sizes: from n/a through <= 1.0.10.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49973?
How do I fix CVE-2025-49973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49973 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-2025-49973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xvw6-2phf-v6gr.