# CVE-2025-59581: WordPress Ibtana Plugin <= 1.2.5.3 - Arbitrary Content Deletion Vulnerability

> An attacker can arbitrarily delete content in the Ibtana WordPress plugin due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-72jf-7xvf-m9rh

## What is CVE-2025-59581?

CVE-2025-59581 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in VW THEMES Ibtana, published on 22 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in VW THEMES Ibtana ibtana-visual-editor allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ibtana: from n/a through <= 1.2.5.3.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59581?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-59581?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59581 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59581 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59581 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in VW THEMES Ibtana, published on 22 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: VW THEMES Ibtana. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59581/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59581/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59581
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59581
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59581

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59581/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.