Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.1.3
- Affected Plugin
- Ovation Elements
- Affected Version
<= 1.1.2- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2025-47528
At a glance
CVE-2025-47528 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Ovation Elements WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.1.2. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 1.1.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2025, reported by ch4r0n.
Vulnerability Overview
The Ovation Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the ova_elems_custom_trash_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete posts.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Ovation Elements <= 1.1.2 carries this weakness at ova_elems_custom_trash_action(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Ovation Elements the fix is 1.1.3: builds <= 1.1.2 are affected, anything from 1.1.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.1.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Ovation Elements 1.1.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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