WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2025-0958 Analyzed

Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin: A security weakness

Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.4 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 6.3 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin
Plugin slug
ultimate-auction
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Mar 04, 2025
Weakness
CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
NVD-CWE-noinfo

This CVE was published Mar 04, 2025 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

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.

Technical description

The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary auctions, posts as well as pages and allows them to execute other actions related to auction handling.

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

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

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