# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 12 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xvw6-2phf-v6gr

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-49973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49973 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: GrandPlugins Image Sizes Controller, Create Custom Image Sizes, Disable Image Sizes. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49973/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49973/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49973
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49973
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49973

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49973/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.