CVE-2025-31841
WordPress FPW Category Thumbnails Plugin <= 1.9.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Frank P. Walentynowicz FPW Category Thumbnails fpw-category-thumbnails allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FPW Category Thumbnails: from n/a through <= 1.9.5.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.3
WordPress FPW Category Thumbnails Plugin <= 1.9.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Frank P. Walentynowicz FPW Category Thumbnails fpw-category-thumbnails allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FPW Category Thumbnails: from n/a through <= 1.9.5.
- Record
CVE-2025-31841- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-14734
6.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Frank P. Walentynowicz FPW Category Thumbnails fpw-category-thumbnails allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FPW Category Thumbnails: from n/a through <= 1.9.5.
- Record
EUVD-2025-14734- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w689-5mxw-fp2q
6.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Frank P. Walentynowicz FPW Category Thumbnails allows...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Frank P. Walentynowicz FPW Category Thumbnails allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects FPW Category Thumbnails: from n/a through 1.9.5.
- Record
GHSA-w689-5mxw-fp2q- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Frank P. Walentynowicz FPW Category Thumbnails fpw-category-thumbnails allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FPW Category Thumbnails: from n/a through <= 1.9.5.
- Record
CVE-2025-31841- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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-2025-31841 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Frank P. Walentynowicz Fpw Category Thumbnails, published April 3, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/fpw-category-thumbnails/vulnerability/wordpress-fpw-category-thumbnails-plugin-1-9-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31841
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/fpw-category-thumbnails/vulnerability/wordpress-fpw-category-thumbnails-plugin-1-9-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w689-5mxw-fp2q