Executive Summary

CVE-2026-25021 is a Broken Access Control vulnerability found in the WordPress Mizan Demo Importer Plugin versions up to and including 0.1.3.

The issue arises from missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks within certain functions, which allows unprivileged users (even those with only subscriber-level privileges) to perform actions that should be restricted to higher-privileged roles.

This vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Broken Access Control.

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Impact Analysis

The vulnerability allows users with low-level privileges to perform actions reserved for higher-privileged roles, potentially leading to unauthorized changes or access within the affected plugin.

However, the overall impact is considered low, with a CVSS severity score of 5.4, indicating a low priority threat.

Users are advised to update to version 0.1.4 or later to mitigate this risk.

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Detection Guidance

This vulnerability affects the Mizan Demo Importer WordPress plugin versions up to and including 0.1.3 and arises from missing authorization checks allowing unprivileged users to perform restricted actions.

Detection can involve checking the installed version of the Mizan Demo Importer plugin on your WordPress site to see if it is version 0.1.3 or earlier.

You can use WordPress CLI commands to check the plugin version, for example:

• wp plugin list --status=active
• wp plugin get mizan-demo-importer --field=version

Additionally, monitoring for unauthorized access attempts or actions performed by subscriber-level users that should require higher privileges may help detect exploitation attempts.

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Mitigation Strategies

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Compliance Impact

The vulnerability is a Broken Access Control issue that allows unprivileged users to perform actions reserved for higher-privileged roles due to missing authorization checks.

While the vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized access, the available information does not specify any direct impact on compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

The severity is rated low (CVSS 5.4), and the impact is considered low, which suggests limited risk to sensitive data or regulatory compliance.

Users are advised to update to version 0.1.4 or later to mitigate the risk.

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