CVE-2025-53293 WordPress Dashboard Widget Sidebar plugin <= 1.2.3 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Dashboard Widget Sidebar 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-2025-53293?
CVE-2025-53293 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Morten Dalgaard Johansen Dashboard Widget Sidebar, published on 27 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Morten Dalgaard Johansen Dashboard Widget Sidebar dashboard-widget-sidebar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Dashboard Widget Sidebar: from n/a through <= 1.2.3.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53293?
How do I fix CVE-2025-53293?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53293 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-2025-53293 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53293 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3wrr-f937-jq9w.