CVE-2025-53221 WordPress CodeablePress plugin <= 1.0.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls to modify user profile pictures in the CodeablePress WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-53221?
CVE-2025-53221 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in CodeablePress, published on 14 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in codeablepress CodeablePress codeablepress-simple-frontend-profile-picture-upload allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects CodeablePress: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53221?
How do I fix CVE-2025-53221?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53221 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-2025-53221 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53221 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j4c3-w229-4jfw.