CVE-2025-53293

WordPress Dashboard Widget Sidebar plugin <= 1.2.3 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability

4.3 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Morten Dalgaard Johansen Dashboard Widget Sidebar dashboard-widget-sidebar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Dashboard Widget Sidebar: from n/a through <= 1.2.3.

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: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.27%Up 0.2 points since Jun 28, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.3

WordPress Dashboard Widget Sidebar plugin <= 1.2.3 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-53293
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-28503 4.3

Record: EUVD-2025-28503
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3wrr-f937-jq9w 4.3

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Morten Dalgaard Johansen Dashboard Widget Sidebar allows...

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Morten Dalgaard Johansen Dashboard Widget Sidebar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Dashboard Widget Sidebar: from n/a through 1.2.3.

Record: GHSA-3wrr-f937-jq9w
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 4.3

Record: CVE-2025-53293
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

morten dalgaard johansen dashboard widget sidebar

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-2025-53293 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Morten Dalgaard Johansen Dashboard Widget Sidebar, published June 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 18th percentile. No source names a fixed version.