Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-5812

Description

The VG WORT METIS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gutenberg_save_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update limited post settings.

Affected products

WordPress/Vgw Metisinferred
Range: <=2.0.0
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/vgw-metis

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vgw-metis/trunk/classes/admin.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3334017/vgw-metis/trunk/classes/admin.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b9edcbdc-5b01-4880-95ec-57d87ccbb472nvd

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