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CVE-2025-30830: WordPress Cool Author Box plugin <= 2.9.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box hm-cool-author-box-widget allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Cool Author Box: from n/a through <= 2.9.9.

Affected products

• Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box: through 2.9.9

References

• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/hm-cool-author-box-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-cool-author-box-plugin-2-9-9-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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