CVE-2025-24753
Published: 24 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-24753 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 35.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); 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 SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-24753 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the StellarWP Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks WordPress plugin (kadence-blocks). It enables exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects all versions from n/a through 3.3.1. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), indicating a moderate severity issue with network accessibility and low complexity.
A low-privileged authenticated user (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network without user interaction. Exploitation leads to low-impact integrity violations (I:L), such as performing unauthorized actions due to inadequate authorization checks.
The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/kadence-blocks/vulnerability/wordpress-kadence-blocks-plugin-3-3-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents this broken access control issue in Kadence Blocks version 3.3.1, recommending mitigation through updating to a version beyond 3.3.1 where the vulnerability is addressed.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3940
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in StellarWP Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks kadence-blocks allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks: from n/a through <= 3.3.1.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization (CWE-862) in the WordPress plugin allows low-privileged authenticated users to perform unauthorized actions, directly enabling exploitation for privilege escalation via inadequate access control checks.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-3 mandates enforcement of approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly countering the missing authorization checks that allow low-privileged users to perform unauthorized actions in the Kadence Blocks plugin.
SI-2 requires identification, reporting, and correction of flaws, enabling timely patching of the specific authorization vulnerability fixed in Kadence Blocks versions beyond 3.3.1.
AC-6 enforces least privilege, limiting the scope of unauthorized actions exploitable by low-privileged users due to the broken access control in the plugin.