CVE-2025-8152
WP CTA – Call To Action Plugin, Sticky CTA, Sticky Buttons <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sticky Status Update
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Aug 2, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 25, 2025
Description
The WP CTA – Call To Action Plugin, Sticky CTA, Sticky Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_cta_status' and 'change_sticky_sidebar_name' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the status of a sticky and update the name displayed in the back-end WP CTA Dashboard.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP CTA – Call Now Button, Sticky Button & Call to Action Builderblendmedia |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/981ed50b-8f03-4320-99f0-3f53f7b2fc44?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-sticky-sidebar/trunk/inc/ClassActions.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-sticky-sidebar/trunk/inc/ClassActions.php#L52
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3336867%40easy-sticky-sidebar&new=3336867%40easy-sticky-sidebar&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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