CVE-2025-60086

Voting Contest <= 5.8 - Missing Authorization

mediumMissing Authorization

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

Unpatched

Patched in

N/A

Time to patch

Description

The Voting Contest plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 5.8. 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<=5.8

PublishedAugust 21, 2025

Last updatedDecember 19, 2025

Affected pluginwp-voting-contest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2862d7d6-4e27-4138-b4aa-789351edeac3?source=api-prod

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