CVE-2025-67974
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-67974 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 at the 15.1th 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-2025-67974 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the WP Legal Pages WordPress plugin, referred to as WPLegalPages or wplegalpages. Published on 2026-02-20, it allows exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects all versions from n/a through 3.5.4 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). Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, achieving high-impact confidentiality violations such as unauthorized access to sensitive data, while integrity and availability remain unaffected.
Mitigation guidance is available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wplegalpages/vulnerability/wordpress-wplegalpages-plugin-3-5-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which details the broken access control issue in plugin version 3.5.4.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-208045
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP Legal Pages WPLegalPages wplegalpages allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WPLegalPages: from n/a through <= 3.5.4.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Direct broken access control in public WordPress plugin enables remote unauthenticated exploitation for data access, matching T1190.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources, directly mitigating the missing authorization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated access to sensitive data.
Requires identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws in a timely manner, preventing exploitation by patching the vulnerable WordPress plugin versions up to 3.5.4.
Employs least privilege to restrict access to only authorized functions and information, reducing the impact of broken access control in the plugin.