Missing authorization in switcorp Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP
Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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 Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpsd_plugin_control() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reactivate previously deactivated plugins after accessing the "Profiler" page.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00269 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5814
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q975-8hh3-m9wj
References
More switcorp vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-75258 Stored cross-site scripting in WP Sessions Time Monitoring plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-01355 Activity Log for WordPress <= 1.2.8 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-04562 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-5814 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5814 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q975-8hh3-m9wj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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