CVE-2025-32275

Survey Maker <= 5.1.6.3 - Unauthenticated Authorization Bypass

2025-04-07 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 5.1.6.4
Affected Plugin: Survey Maker by AYS
Affected Version: <= 5.1.6.3
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
CVE: CVE-2025-32275

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At a glance

CVE-2025-32275 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization vulnerability in the Survey Maker by AYS WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.1.6.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 5.1.6.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2025, reported by astra.r3verii.

Vulnerability Overview

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to by bypass some level of control, though it is unclear what this means from the original reporting CNA.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-285: Improper Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Survey Maker by AYS <= 5.1.6.3 takes no account at all. Improper authorization means a permission check exists but does not cover the case being exercised, so a caller who is allowed to do one thing is allowed to do a neighbouring thing as well.

A lower-privileged account performs an action reserved for a higher one, which on a multi-author or membership site means an ordinary user reaching administrative behaviour. For Survey Maker by AYS the fix is 5.1.6.4: builds <= 5.1.6.3 are affected, anything from 5.1.6.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.1.6.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Survey Maker by AYS 5.1.6.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32275 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c341adcf-7072-4c07-b1f1-94e46d4cc09e https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32275

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Survey Maker by AYS

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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