The Total Book Project: Broken access control

The Total Book Project is affected by broken access control. Exploitation requires an authenticated contributor account. A successful request can reach data or an operation that should be restricted to another user or a more privileged role.

CVE / CNA score 5.4 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.

Component: The Total Book Project
Plugin slug: the-total-book-project
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Nov 11, 2025
Weakness: CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

This CVE was published Nov 11, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

No fixed release is identified. Update The Total Book Project when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The The Total Book Project plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 via several functions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to perform several actions like moving/deleting/creating chapters in books that do not belong to them.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

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