WordPress Chatbox Manager plugin <= 1.2.5 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability

published 2025-07-16 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-21652

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in alexvtn Chatbox Manager wa-chatbox-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Chatbox Manager: from n/a through <= 1.2.5.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

alexvtn Chatbox Manager 1.2.6

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 15 mo ago (2025-07-16)

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

alexvtn Chatbox Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/wa-chatbox-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-chatbox-manager-plugin-1-2-5-broken-acce
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-48167
NVD CVE-2025-48167

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Summary