WordPress Headline Analyzer plugin <= 1.3.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2025-01-02 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-50438

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in CoSchedule Headline Analyzer headline-analyzer allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Headline Analyzer: from n/a through <= 1.3.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

CoSchedule Headline Analyzer 1.3.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2025-01-02)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

CoSchedule Headline Analyzer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/headline-analyzer/vulnerability/wordpress-headline-analyzer-plugin-1-3-1-broken-acc
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-46195
NVD CVE-2023-46195

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Summary