What is CVE-2025-5812?

CVE-2025-5812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vgwort Vg Wort Metis, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-5812?

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

Auth bypass in Vgwort Vg Wort Metis

CVE-2025-5812

The VG WORT METIS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gutenberg_save_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update limited post settings.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th 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

Vgwort Vg Wort Metis — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5812?: CVE-2025-5812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vgwort Vg Wort Metis, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-5812?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.