Traffic Monitor <= 3.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Update
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 Traffic Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the tfcm_maybe_set_bot_flags() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disabled bot logging.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dmitriamartin | Traffic Monitor | up to 3.2.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Traffic Monitor Vendordmitriamartin Affected up to 3.2.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5815
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pc3q-9mpw-2wjf
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/538669c7-3237-4059-85dc-4f4af1ff5a19?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/traffic-monitor/trunk/traffic-monitor.php#L74
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3309996%40traffic-monitor&new=3309996%40traffic-monitor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Sources
- CVE-2025-5815 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5815 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pc3q-9mpw-2wjf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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