CVE-2025-8593 Missing authorization in GSheetConnector for Gravity Forms – Send Gravity Forms Entries to Google Sheets in Real-Time
Authenticated subscribers can install arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2025-8593?
CVE-2025-8593 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in westerndeal GSheetConnector for Gravity Forms – Send Gravity Forms Entries to Google Sheets in Real-Time, published on 11 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The GSheetConnector For Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions less than, or equal to, 1.3.27. This is due to a missing capability check on the 'install_plugin' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above to install plugins on the target site and potentially achieve arbitrary code execution on the server under certain conditions.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8593?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8593?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8593 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-2025-8593 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8593 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-53vg-3672-37jx.