Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-25456

High

Published: 25 March 2026

Published
25 March 2026
Modified
28 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 0.0005 17.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-25456 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 17.2th 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-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2026-25456 is a missing authorization vulnerability, classified under CWE-862, in the WordPress plugin "Automated FedEx live/manual rates with shipping labels" (a2z-fedex-shipping) from Aarsiv Groups. The flaw enables exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects all versions from n/a through 5.1.9. It 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).

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation grants limited impacts, including low-level access to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/a2z-fedex-shipping/vulnerability/wordpress-automated-fedex-live-manual-rates-with-shipping-labels-plugin-5-1-8-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Aarsiv Groups Automated FedEx live/manual rates with shipping labels a2z-fedex-shipping allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Automated FedEx live/manual rates with shipping labels: from n/a through <= 5.1.9.

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 (CWE-862) in public-facing WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated remote exploitation with no user interaction, directly mapping to T1190 Exploit Public-Facing 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

Requires enforcement of approved authorizations for logical access to system resources, directly addressing the missing authorization checks in the WordPress plugin.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions good match
prevent

Mandates verifying access authorizations prior to allowing access to systems or resources, countering the plugin's failure to check security levels.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Applies least privilege to limit the scope and impact of unauthorized access enabled by the broken access control vulnerability.

References