CVE-2025-28938
WordPress WP Performance Pack plugin <= 2.5.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bjoern WP Performance Pack wp-performance-pack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Performance Pack: from n/a through <= 2.5.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
WordPress WP Performance Pack plugin <= 2.5.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bjoern WP Performance Pack wp-performance-pack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Performance Pack: from n/a through <= 2.5.3.
- Record
CVE-2025-28938- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-7885
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bjoern WP Performance Pack wp-performance-pack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Performance Pack: from n/a through <= 2.5.3.
- Record
EUVD-2025-7885- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gjqp-22h8-mr74
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bjoern WP Performance Pack allows Exploiting Incorrectly...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bjoern WP Performance Pack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects WP Performance Pack: from n/a through 2.5.3.
- Record
GHSA-gjqp-22h8-mr74- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bjoern WP Performance Pack wp-performance-pack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Performance Pack: from n/a through <= 2.5.3.
- Record
CVE-2025-28938- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-28938 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Bjoern Wp Performance Pack, published March 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-performance-pack/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-performance-pack-plugin-2-5-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28938
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-performance-pack/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-performance-pack-plugin-2-5-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gjqp-22h8-mr74