Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-68022

High

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 2026
Modified
27 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0002 4.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-68022 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 4.5th 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 AC-6 (Least Privilege).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-68022 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the BlueX for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (bluex-for-woocommerce). It enables exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through 3.1.6.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), meaning unauthenticated remote attackers require only low complexity and no user interaction to exploit it over the network. Successful attacks can achieve low levels of impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Patchstack provides details on the vulnerability, including information on the affected plugin versions such as 3.1.4, in its advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/bluex-for-woocommerce/vulnerability/wordpress-plugin-bluex-for-woocommerce-plugin-3-1-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. Security practitioners should consult this reference for mitigation and patching guidance.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Missing Authorization vulnerability in soporteblue Plugin BlueX for WooCommerce bluex-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Plugin BlueX for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 3.1.6.

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 (broken access control) in a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of the application.

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

Directly enforces authorization checks on plugin functions so unauthenticated attackers cannot exploit the missing access-control logic in BlueX for WooCommerce.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Requires that every plugin operation be restricted to the minimum privileges needed, eliminating the overly permissive access-control settings that enable CVE-2025-68022.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation partial match
prevent

Mandates prompt application of the vendor patch that corrects the broken authorization checks in versions <= 3.1.6 of the plugin.

References