๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-14540

MEDIUM 4.3

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

CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor userback
Product userback
Published Dec 13, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

userback / Userback
0 โ‰ค 1.0.15

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1add8693-20df-431e-ad3b-b23322f1fa03?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userback/tags/1.0.15/index.php#L148

Credits

jason carle