CVE-2025-5812: VG WORT METIS <= 2.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Settings Update

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The VG WORT METIS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gutenberg_save_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update limited post settings.

Affected products

vgwort VG WORT METIS: through 2.0.0

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vgw-metis/trunk/classes/admin.php#L422
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3334017/vgw-metis/trunk/classes/admin.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b9edcbdc-5b01-4880-95ec-57d87ccbb472?source=cve

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