WordPress BadgeOS: Missing Capability Check Lets Users Disable Unowned Badges
CVE-2025-26531 Published on February 24, 2025
IDOR in badges allows disabling of arbitrary badges
Insufficient capability checks made it possible to disable badges a user does not have permission to access.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-26531 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2025-26531 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-26531
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Affected Versions
Moodle Project moodle:- Version 4.5.0 and below 4.5.2 is affected.
- Version 4.4.0 and below 4.4.6 is affected.
- Version 4.3.0 and below 4.3.10 is affected.
- Version 4.1.0 and below 4.1.16 is affected.
- Before 4.0.* is unknown.
- Version 4.2.0 and below 4.2.* is unknown.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.