2026-02-07 8:26CVE-2025-15476Wordfence
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-862

The Bucketlister <= 0.1.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Bucket List Modification

The The Bucketlister plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the bucketlister_do_admin_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add delete or modify arbitrary bucket list items.

Problem type

Affected products

simonfairbairn

The Bucketlister

<= 0.1.5 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-vc9m-xjw2-9f76

The The Bucketlister plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vc9m-xjw2-9f76

The The Bucketlister plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the bucketlister_do_admin_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add delete or modify arbitrary bucket list items.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2025-15476
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