CVE-2026-25424: Mediavine Control Panel broken access control in WordPress plugin

CVE-2026-25424 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2026-07-23

The Mediavine Control Panel plugin for WordPress, which helps site owners manage advertising and site settings, contains a security flaw in its access control mechanisms. This vulnerability allows users with 'Contributor' level permissions to perform actions they should not be authorized to access. While the impact is considered low, it could allow unauthorized changes to site configurations or settings.

Vendors: Mediavine.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-25424 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-25424 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-25424?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 23 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Mediavine Control Panel <= 2.10.10.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-25424?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-25424 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-25424?
Check whether you run Mediavine Control Panel at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The Mediavine Control Panel plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 2.10.10) suffers from a missing authorization check (CWE-862). This broken access control vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker with 'Contributor' level privileges to execute functions or modify settings that should be restricted to higher-privileged users. The attack is performed over the network without requiring user interaction. At the time of the advisory, no official patch has been released to address this issue.

Affected products

  • Mediavine Mediavine Control Panel <= 2.10.10

Timeline

  • 2025-12-28: other: Reported by researcher Nabil Irawan
  • 2026-07-23: disclosed: CVE published to NVD dataset

References

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