CVE-2025-8152CWE-862

WP CTA – Call To Action Plugin, Sticky CTA, Sticky Buttons <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sticky Status Update

Medium · published August 2, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The WP CTA – Call To Action Plugin, Sticky CTA, Sticky Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_cta_status' and 'change_sticky_sidebar_name' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the status of a sticky and update the name displayed in the back-end WP CTA Dashboard.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00293 · 20.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2025-08-02T07:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 AUG 07:24Z
    WP CTA – Call To Action Plugin, Sticky CTA, Sticky Buttons <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sticky Status Update
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