TI-2025-13283 Aliases CVE-2025-14540 GHSA-9452-q4cx-rvq7

Userback <= 1.0.15 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin's Configuration Exposure

LOW 20CWE-862Published 2025-12-13 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

The Userback plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the userback_get_json function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract plugin's configuration data including the Userback API access token and site's posts/pages contents, including those that have private and draft status.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00243 15th 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: 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
userback	Userback	up to 1.0.15	—	No fix listed	CNA

Userback Vendoruserback Affected up to 1.0.15 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14540
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9452-q4cx-rvq7

References

Other 2

TI-2023-24742 WordPress Userback Plugin <= 1.0.13 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

Sources

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