CVE-2025-5815 Traffic Monitor <= 3.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Update
Unauthenticated attackers can disable bot logging in the Traffic Monitor WordPress plugin due to a missing capability check.
- 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-2025-5815?
CVE-2025-5815 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in dmitriamartin Traffic Monitor, published on 13 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Traffic Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disabled bot logging.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5815?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5815?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5815 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-2025-5815 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5815 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc3q-9mpw-2wjf.