Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NSummary
CVE-2025-62881 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Local Groups (T1069.001); ranked at the 13th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-36056
Vulnerability Data
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP Lab WP-Lister Lite for eBay wp-lister-for-ebay allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP-Lister Lite for eBay: from n/a through <= 3.8.3.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in a WordPress plugin indicates the ability to access or manipulate resources without proper permission checks, which can enable local account discovery (T1069.001) and use of valid local accounts (T1078.003) to perform unauthorized actions.
CVEs Like This One
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces authorization policy checks before allowing actions on the eBay lister plugin endpoints, blocking exploitation of the missing authorization flaw.
Limits privileges assigned to WordPress roles so that even absent authorization checks cannot be abused to perform high-impact operations.
Ensures access control decisions are made by a reference monitor rather than relying solely on the plugin's incomplete checks.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Explicitly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing authorizations and least privilege, directly preventing missing authorization checks.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Requiring authentication and credentials before any access occurs eliminates the absence of authorization checks that would otherwise allow an unauthenticated actor to reach protected resources.
Requiring formal authorization of every access request before rights are granted ensures that checks for required permissions are performed, preventing missing authorization checks from being introduced.
Mandatory authorization checks and central records of granted rights ensure that every access attempt is preceded by an explicit decision rather than relying on missing checks.
Segregating the approval of access rights from their implementation provides an independent check that reduces the impact of missing authorization checks in the resulting system configuration.
By requiring competent outsiders to verify that every function enforces the need-to-know principle, the control lowers the likelihood that missing authorization checks persist undetected.
Defining authorization responsibilities and reviewing risk-treatment progress throughout the project lifecycle catches missing authorization checks before the system is deployed.