CVE-2025-68042

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Missing Authorization in Travelpayouts ≤ 1.2.1 Enables Unauthorized Access

Publication date: 2026-02-20

Last updated on: 2026-04-01

Assigner: Patchstack

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Travelpayouts Travelpayouts travelpayouts allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Travelpayouts: from n/a through <= 1.2.2.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-02-20

Last Modified

2026-04-01

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-02-20

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-68042

EUVD

EUVD-2025-208072

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
travelpayouts	travelpayouts	to 1.2.1 (inc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-862	The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

CVE-2025-68042 is a medium priority Broken Access Control vulnerability in the WordPress Travelpayouts Plugin versions up to and including 1.2.1.

The issue arises from missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks within certain plugin functions, which allows unprivileged users to perform actions that should be restricted to higher privileged roles.

Exploitation requires user interaction by a privileged user, such as clicking a malicious link, visiting a crafted page, or submitting a form.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow unprivileged users to perform actions reserved for higher privileged roles, potentially leading to unauthorized changes or access within the affected WordPress site.

Because it is classified as a Broken Access Control issue with a CVSS score of 6.5, it poses a moderate security risk that could compromise the integrity and security of your website.

No official patch is currently available, so users must rely on mitigation rules to block attacks targeting this flaw until a patch is released.

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Detection Guidance

There is no specific information provided about detection commands or methods to identify this vulnerability on your network or system.

Mitigation Strategies

Since no official patch is currently available for CVE-2025-68042, immediate mitigation involves applying the Patchstack mitigation rule that can block attacks targeting this vulnerability.

Users are advised to apply these mitigations immediately to protect their websites from exploitation due to missing authorization checks in the Travelpayouts WordPress plugin versions up to 1.2.1.

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