CVE-2025-68997 (GCVE-0-2025-68997)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-30 10:47
Modified
2025-12-30 14:53
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Summary
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in AdvancedCoding wpDiscuz wpdiscuz allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects wpDiscuz: from n/a through <= 7.6.40.
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