CVE-2025-52818 WordPress Trusty Whistleblowing plugin <= 2.0.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

High 8.2 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass access controls in the Trusty Whistleblowing WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.

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-2025-52818?

CVE-2025-52818 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dejan Jasnic Trusty Whistleblowing, published on 27 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dejan Jasnic Trusty Whistleblowing trusty-whistleblowing-solution allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Trusty Whistleblowing: from n/a through <= 2.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52818?

How do I fix CVE-2025-52818?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52818 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-2025-52818 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vr29-g79f-fj5p.

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