WordPress Cool Author Box plugin <= 2.9.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-30830
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerPatchstack
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-03-27 11:15:44 UTC
Updated2026-04-01 17:20:24 UTC
DescriptionMissing 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box affected 2.9.9 custom Not specified

References

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patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/hm-cool-author-box-widget/vulnerabi... [email protected] patchstack.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program (en)

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