Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-63041 affects the WordPress “Forget About Shortcode Buttons” plugin through version 2.1.3. A user with Contributor-level access may perform actions that should be restricted. Business risk is moderate: exploitation requires a logged-in lower-privileged account, but could affect site content integrity or availability.
Executive priority
Treat as a routine but timely WordPress plugin remediation. Prioritize sites with public registration, many content contributors, or business-critical publishing workflows. No source provided confirms active exploitation.
Technical view
The issue is a Broken Access Control vulnerability, mapped to CWE-862, in Code Amp’s Forget About Shortcode Buttons WordPress plugin <= 2.1.3. CVSS 3.1 is 5.4: network-accessible, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, with low integrity and availability impact and no confidentiality impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant to WordPress sites running the plugin at version 2.1.3 or earlier and allowing Contributor-level accounts or equivalent low-privileged users.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not report active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. Exploitation requires authenticated low-privileged access, so risk increases on sites with many contributors, weak account governance, or compromised WordPress users.
Researcher notes
Public details are limited. The CVE describes Contributor-level broken access control but does not provide endpoint details or a named patch version in the supplied bundle. Avoid assuming exploitability beyond the CVSS vector and Patchstack/CVE description.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the Forget About Shortcode Buttons plugin.
- Identify plugin versions and flag installations at 2.1.3 or earlier.
- Check vendor, WordPress.org, or Patchstack guidance for an available fixed version.
- Update the plugin if a patched version is available from a trusted source.
- If no fix is available, consider disabling or removing the plugin.
- Review Contributor accounts and remove unnecessary access.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether the plugin package name is forget-about-shortcode-buttons.
- Record installed plugin versions across WordPress environments.
- Verify whether any site runs version 2.1.3 or earlier.
- Check for Contributor or similar low-privileged accounts on affected sites.
- Review site logs for unusual authenticated actions by low-privileged users.
- Document remediation status and remaining exceptions.
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L2.82.5PatchstackVulnerability scoring details
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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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