Vulnerability · Published Sep 5, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2025-58841WordPress Media Author Plugin <= 1.0.4 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Media Author from John Luetke. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
John Luetke Media Author 0 – through 1.0.4

Weakness: CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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