CVE-2025-58841
WordPress Media Author Plugin <= 1.0.4 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 5.5
WordPress Media Author Plugin <= 1.0.4 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-58841- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-26936 5.5
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.
- Record
EUVD-2025-26936- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j5m3-h4xf-6rr9 5.5
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author allows Privilege...
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through 1.0.4.
- Record
GHSA-j5m3-h4xf-6rr9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 5.5
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-58841- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- 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-2025-58841 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in John Luetke Media Author, published September 5, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/media-author/vulnerability/wordpress-media-author-plugin-1-0-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58841
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/media-author/vulnerability/wordpress-media-author-plugin-1-0-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j5m3-h4xf-6rr9