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.
History

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
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Vendors & Products Wordpress
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Sat, 02 Aug 2025 07:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title WP CTA – Call To Action Plugin, Sticky CTA, Sticky Buttons <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sticky Status Update
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-08-02T07:24:21.531Z

Updated: 2025-08-04T15:18:03.713Z

Reserved: 2025-07-25T00:44:57.020Z

Link: CVE-2025-8152

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-04T15:17:59.366Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-02T08:15:26.840

Modified: 2025-08-04T15:06:15.833

Link: CVE-2025-8152

cve-icon Redhat

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