CVE-2025-58841 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through 1.0.4.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/media-author/vulnerability/wordpress-media-author-plugin-1-0-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through 1.0.4.
Title		WordPress Media Author Plugin <= 1.0.4 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-266
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/media-author/vulnerability/wordpress-media-author-plugin-1-0-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2025-09-05T13:45:29.929Z

Updated: 2025-09-05T15:36:23.005Z

Reserved: 2025-09-05T10:49:39.908Z

Link: CVE-2025-58841

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-05T15:36:19.496Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-05T14:15:57.547

Modified: 2025-09-05T17:47:10.303

Link: CVE-2025-58841

Redhat

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