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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-5812
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published June 25, 2025
Last Updated July 28, 2025
Researcher ch4r0n
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug vgw-metis (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.0
Patched Version
  • 2.0.1
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