FKIE_CVE-2025-9542

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-09 07:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:09
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple plugin's functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify integration settings or view existing automations.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3355175/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/62ed278c-f914-4edd-aba1-4aaa099a869f?source=cve
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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