CVE-2025-68587 WordPress Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.4.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Watu Quiz plugin to perform unauthorized actions, requiring a plugin update.
- 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-2025-68587?
CVE-2025-68587 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Bob Watu Quiz, published on 24 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bob Watu Quiz watu allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through <= 3.4.5.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68587?
How do I fix CVE-2025-68587?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68587 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-2025-68587 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68587 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xj42-657g-8r4w.