CVE-2025-68882
Published: 22 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-68882 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 16.3th 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-2025-68882 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Scalenut WordPress plugin, stemming from incorrectly configured access control security levels. The issue affects all versions of the Scalenut plugin up to and including 1.1.5, as published on 2026-01-22.
With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N), the vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation enables high integrity impact, allowing attackers to perform unauthorized modifications without affecting confidentiality or availability.
Patchstack advisories detail the broken access control issue in the Scalenut WordPress plugin, specifically noting version 1.1.3, with vulnerability information available in their database.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-3985
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Scalenut Scalenut scalenut allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Scalenut: from n/a through <= 1.1.5.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization (broken access control) in a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of an internet-facing application without authentication.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-3 mandates enforcement of approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly addressing the missing authorization checks in the Scalenut plugin that allow unauthenticated modifications.
AC-6 enforces least privilege, mitigating the incorrectly configured access control security levels that grant excessive permissions to unauthenticated attackers.
CM-6 requires secure configuration settings for system components, countering the misconfigurations in the Scalenut plugin's access controls exploited by unauthenticated users.