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CVE-2025-5814: Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP <= 1.0.0 - Missing Authentication to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Reactivation via State Restoration

5.3 CVSS

Description

The Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpsd_plugin_control() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reactivate previously deactivated plugins after accessing the "Profiler" page.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-5814

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:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Vendor: switcorp

Product: Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.07% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 21.03% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-27 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5814
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9213db60-c0c1-44a9-9b8c-621029c3a08f?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profiler-what-slowing-down/trunk/actions.php#L31

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