Missing authorization in Multicollab: Content Team Collaboration and Editorial Workflow
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Multicollab: Content Team Collaboration and Editorial Workflow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'cf_add_comment' function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add comments to arbitrary collaborations.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| multicollab | Multicollab: Content Team Collaboration and Editorial Workflow | up to 5.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Multicollab: Content Team Collaboration and Editorial Workflow Vendormulticollab Affected up to 5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-4202
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f4x8-m8jx-pfpg
References
More multicollab vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-04562 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-4202 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-4202 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f4x8-m8jx-pfpg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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