CVE-2025-5814 Missing authorization in Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP
Unauthenticated attackers can reactivate deactivated plugins by accessing the Profiler page due to missing capability checks.
- 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-2025-5814?
CVE-2025-5814 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in switcorp Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP, published on 7 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpsd_plugin_control() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reactivate previously deactivated plugins after accessing the "Profiler" page.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5814?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5814?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5814 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-2025-5814 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5814 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q975-8hh3-m9wj.