CVE-2025-9542
AutomatorWP <= 5.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Multiple Functions
CVE-2025-9542 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Rubengc Automatorwp – Automator Plugin For No-code Automations, Webhooks & Custom Integrations In Wordpress, published September 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 5.4 MediumCVSS 3.1, CVE List
- Exploit chance
- 0.20%EPSS, 9th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple plugin's functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify integration settings or view existing automations.
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
- None
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 5.4
AutomatorWP <= 5.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Multiple Functions
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple plugin's functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify integration settings or view existing automations.
- Record
CVE-2025-9542- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-27225 5.4
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple plugin's functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify integration settings or view existing automations.
- Record
EUVD-2025-27225- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hj9-hmfj-rqcg 5.4
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in...
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple plugin's functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify integration settings or view existing automations.
- Record
GHSA-8hj9-hmfj-rqcg- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 5.4
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple plugin's functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify integration settings or view existing automations.
- Record
CVE-2025-9542- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.