Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22592

High

Published: 07 January 2025

Published
07 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0032 55.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22592 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 44.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-22592 is a missing authorization vulnerability, classified under CWE-862, in the 1003 Mortgage Application WordPress plugin developed by 8blocks. The flaw allows attackers to access functionality not properly constrained by access control lists (ACLs). It affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through 1.87 inclusive.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating it can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation enables high-impact confidentiality violations, such as unauthorized access to sensitive data within the plugin's functionality.

Patchstack has documented the issue in its vulnerability database for the WordPress 1003 Mortgage Application plugin version 1.87, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/1003-mortgage-application/vulnerability/wordpress-1003-mortgage-application-plugin-1-87-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve. Security practitioners should review this advisory for recommended mitigation steps.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Missing Authorization vulnerability in 8blocks 1003 Mortgage Application 1003-mortgage-application allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects 1003 Mortgage Application: from n/a through <= 1.87.

CWE(s)
CWE-862

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Missing authorization (CWE-862) in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of the application for data access.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Enforces approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly preventing exploitation of functionality not constrained by ACLs in the plugin.

AC-6 Least Privilege good match
prevent

Implements least privilege to restrict unauthenticated attackers from accessing sensitive mortgage application functionality.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions partial match
prevent

Authorizes access to resources based on ACLs or attributes, mitigating missing authorization decisions in the vulnerable plugin endpoints.

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