CVE-2025-52818 | WordPress Trusty Whistleblowing plugin <= 2.0.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dejan Jasnic Trusty Whistleblowing trusty-whistleblowing-solution allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Trusty Whistleblowing: from n/a through <= 2.0.1.

Published: 2025-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-52818 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-52818

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-24 0.12% 0.26% +0.14%
2 2026-04-23 0.03% 0.12% +0.08%
3 2026-04-02 0.03%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-52818

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 4.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-52818

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-52818

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-52818

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