Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-57886 is an access-control flaw in the WordPress Accessibility Checker by Equalize Digital plugin through version 1.30.0. A logged-in user could use a user-controlled key to affect data or behavior they should not control. The public data rates this medium severity, with limited integrity and availability impact.
Executive priority
Treat this as a normal-priority WordPress remediation item, not an emergency. Prioritize externally reachable sites, sites with many low-privileged users, and customer-facing properties where unauthorized content or operational disruption would matter.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-639, an insecure direct object reference caused by insufficient authorization around a user-controlled key. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, meaning remote, low-complexity exploitation by an authenticated user, with no confidentiality impact and low integrity and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running Accessibility Checker by Equalize Digital at version 1.30.0 or earlier. The CVSS vector indicates an attacker needs low privileges, so sites allowing broad subscriber or contributor access deserve closer attention.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or any cited evidence of active exploitation. Public details identify the bug class and affected version range, but do not provide enough evidence to claim exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
The affected range is reported as through 1.30.0, but the bundle does not name a fixed release. Do not assume a patch version without checking vendor or Patchstack guidance. The odd affected-version metadata should be reconciled against vendor release data.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the Accessibility Checker by Equalize Digital plugin.
- Identify any installations running version 1.30.0 or earlier.
- Check Equalize Digital and Patchstack guidance for the fixed version or official mitigation.
- Update the plugin when a vendor-supported fixed release is confirmed.
- Disable or remove the plugin where remediation cannot be validated promptly.
- Limit low-privileged WordPress accounts on exposed sites until remediated.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed plugin versions across production, staging, and managed WordPress environments.
- Review whether public registration or broad low-privilege account creation is enabled.
- Check WordPress logs for unexpected plugin actions by low-privileged users.
- Validate remediation by confirming the deployed version is newer than the affected range.
- Retest role authorization in staging without using offensive payloads.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L2.82.5Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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CWE details
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Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.