CVE-2025-67586 WordPress Highlight and Share plugin <= 5.2.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Highlight and Share WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-67586?
CVE-2025-67586 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ronald Huereca Highlight and Share, published on 9 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ronald Huereca Highlight and Share highlight-and-share allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Highlight and Share: from n/a through <= 5.2.0.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-67586?
How do I fix CVE-2025-67586?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-67586 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-2025-67586 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-67586 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p8fx-rcmw-3w3v.