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 14.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct broken access control in public WordPress plugin enables remote unauthenticated exploitation for data access, matching T1190.
NVD Description
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.
Deeper analysisAI
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.
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