Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Cool Author Box: from n/a through 2.9.9.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-30830

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.3

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor: Hossni Mubarak

Product: Cool Author Box

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 10.21% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-25 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30830
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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