CVE-2025-30830 (GCVE-0-2025-30830)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-27 10:55 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:11
VLAI
Title
WordPress Cool Author Box plugin <= 2.9.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Summary
Missing 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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.9.9 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:36
Credits
Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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