CVE-2025-67586

Highlight and Share <= 5.2.0 - Missing Authorization

mediumMissing Authorization

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

5.3.0

Patched in

Time to patch

Description

The Highlight and Share – Social Text and Image Sharing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.2.0

PublishedDecember 15, 2025

Last updatedDecember 20, 2025

Affected pluginhighlight-and-share

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9ddcdc04-d381-4870-bc57-af76e0b5185a?source=api-prod

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