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MEDIUM CVE-2025-57985 Deferred

Ultimate Watermark: A security weakness

Ultimate Watermark is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · audit@patchstack.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Ultimate Watermark
Plugin slug
ultimate-watermark
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 22, 2025
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Sep 22, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Ultimate Watermark 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

Missing Authorization vulnerability in MantraBrain Ultimate Watermark ultimate-watermark allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ultimate Watermark: from n/a through <= 1.1.

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

Primary and upstream sources