CVE-2025-68048
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-68048 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-2025-68048 is a Missing Authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the XLPlugins NextMove Lite WordPress plugin (woo-thank-you-page-nextmove-lite). It enables exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects all versions from n/a through 2.23.0. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no privileges or user interaction required.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation results in high confidentiality impact, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data, while integrity and availability remain unaffected.
Patchstack advisories detail this broken access control issue in the WordPress NextMove Lite plugin, with the reference covering vulnerability specifics for versions up to 2.23.0. The advisory is available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/woo-thank-you-page-nextmove-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-nextmove-lite-plugin-2-22-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-208074
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in XLPlugins NextMove Lite woo-thank-you-page-nextmove-lite allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects NextMove Lite: from n/a through <= 2.23.0.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization (CWE-862) in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation for initial access and sensitive data exposure.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly mitigating the missing authorization vulnerability in the NextMove Lite plugin.
Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like the broken access control in vulnerable plugin versions up to 2.23.0.
Protects publicly accessible system resources from unauthorized access, addressing the network-accessible exploitation of the plugin's access control deficiency.