How severe is CVE-2025-14427?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, And Prevents Security Breaches

CVE-2025-14427

The Shield Security: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `MfaEmailDisable` action in all versions up t…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.000 (2.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, And Prevents Security Breaches — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14427?: CVE-2025-14427 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, And Prevents Security Breaches, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-14427?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.