CVE-2025-69297

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Missing Authorization in GhostPool Aardvark Plugin

Publication date: 2026-02-20

Last updated on: 2026-02-24

Assigner: Patchstack

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in GhostPool Aardvark Plugin aardvark-plugin allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Aardvark Plugin: from n/a through <= 2.19.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-02-20

Last Modified

2026-02-24

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-02-20

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-69297

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
ghostpool	aardvark_plugin	to 2.19 (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-2025-69297 is a high-priority Broken Access Control vulnerability in the WordPress Aardvark Plugin versions up to and including 2.19.

The vulnerability arises from missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in certain plugin functions.

This flaw allows unauthenticated users to perform actions that should be restricted to higher-privileged users.

It is classified under OWASP Top 10 A1: Broken Access Control and has a CVSS severity score of 7.5, indicating a significant risk and high likelihood of exploitation.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability allows attackers with no prior authentication to perform privileged actions on affected WordPress sites using the vulnerable Aardvark Plugin.

Such unauthorized actions can lead to compromise of site integrity, unauthorized data access or modification, and potential further exploitation of the site.

Because the vulnerability is easy to exploit and has a high severity score, it poses a significant security risk to affected websites.

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Mitigation Strategies

This vulnerability affects WordPress sites using the Aardvark Plugin versions up to and including 2.19 and allows unauthenticated users to perform privileged actions due to missing authorization checks.

Since no official patch is currently available, immediate mitigation involves applying the mitigation rule released by Patchstack to block attacks targeting this flaw.

Patchstack also offers automated vulnerability mitigation services to help protect affected websites until an official fix is provided.

It is important to monitor and apply these mitigations promptly to reduce the risk of exploitation.

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