Missing Authorization Vulnerability in Maspik Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-9979

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
10 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-9979?

The Maspik plugin for WordPress suffers from a security flaw due to insufficient capability checks in the Maspik_spamlog_download_csv function. As a result, authenticated users with subscriber-level permissions can export and download the spam log database. This database may contain sensitive information, including false positives and legitimate yet misclassified submissions. Website owners using the affected versions should update to the latest version to mitigate the risk of unauthorized data access.

Affected Version(s)

Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection * <= 2.5.6

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
.