Widget Options <= 4.0.8 - Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-22722
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published January 15, 2025
Last Updated January 21, 2025
Researcher Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc)
Description

The Widget Options plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the widgetopts_ajax_hide_rating() function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to dismiss a ratings notice.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug widget-options (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.8
Patched Version
  • 4.0.9
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