CVE-2025-25167

WordPress BookPress – For Book Authors Plugin <= 1.2.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

8.2 High

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Black and White BookPress – For Book Authors book-press allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects BookPress – For Book Authors: from n/a through <= 1.2.7.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.47%Up 0.4 points since Feb 8, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used8.2

WordPress BookPress – For Book Authors Plugin <= 1.2.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-25167
CVSS 3.1: 8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-40708.2

Record: EUVD-2025-4070
CVSS 3.1: 8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-59vj-grh4-hp2j8.2

Missing Authorization vulnerability in blackandwhitedigital BookPress – For Book Authors allows...

Missing Authorization vulnerability in blackandwhitedigital BookPress – For Book Authors allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects BookPress – For Book Authors: from n/a through 1.2.7.

Record: GHSA-59vj-grh4-hp2j
CVSS 3.1: 8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD8.2

Record: CVE-2025-25167
CVSS 3.1: 8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-25167 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Black And White Bookpress – For Book Authors, published February 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.