What is CVE-2025-15370?

CVE-2025-15370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, And Prevents Security Breaches, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2025-15370?

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-2025-15370

The Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.9 via the MfaGoogleAuthToggle class due to missing va…

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.000 (2.6th 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-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-15370?: CVE-2025-15370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, And Prevents Security Breaches, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-15370?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.