CVE-2025-47480 Overview
CVE-2025-47480 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Iqonic Design Graphina plugin for WordPress. The flaw affects the graphina-elementor-charts-and-graphs plugin versions up to and including 3.0.4. Authenticated users with low privileges can exploit incorrectly configured access control checks to perform actions beyond their permission level. The vulnerability is classified under [CWE-862] Missing Authorization.
Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers with low-privilege accounts can bypass access controls to modify plugin data and impact integrity and availability of chart configurations.
Affected Products
- Iqonic Design Graphina (graphina-elementor-charts-and-graphs) plugin for WordPress
- All plugin versions from initial release through 3.0.4
- WordPress sites using Elementor with Graphina charts
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-05-07 - CVE-2025-47480 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-47480
Vulnerability Analysis
The Graphina plugin exposes functionality without properly verifying that the requesting user holds sufficient privileges. The plugin fails to enforce capability checks on sensitive operations, allowing authenticated users to invoke actions reserved for administrators or editors. This class of flaw commonly appears in WordPress plugins that register AJAX handlers or REST endpoints without accompanying current_user_can() verification.
The impact is limited to integrity and availability of plugin-managed resources. Confidentiality is not affected. Attackers require an authenticated session on the target WordPress site, which reduces exploitation scope to sites permitting user registration or environments with existing low-privilege accounts.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing authorization logic on privileged handlers within the plugin. The code path processing chart operations does not validate the caller's WordPress role or capability before executing. Per the Patchstack Vulnerability Report, this constitutes a broken access control condition.
Attack Vector
An attacker authenticates as a subscriber or comparable low-privilege user. The attacker then issues crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable plugin endpoints. Because the endpoints do not verify authorization, the requests execute successfully and modify chart data or plugin configuration state. No user interaction beyond the attacker's own session is required.
Refer to the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for technical specifics on the affected endpoints.
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Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected modifications to Graphina chart configurations, data sources, or widget settings
- WordPress access logs showing low-privilege user accounts issuing POST requests to admin-ajax.php with Graphina-related action parameters
- New or altered chart entries in the WordPress database (wp_postmeta) not attributable to administrator activity
Detection Strategies
- Audit WordPress user activity logs for subscribers or contributors invoking plugin administration actions
- Compare current plugin version against 3.0.4 across all managed WordPress instances
- Review web server logs for repeated requests to Graphina AJAX or REST endpoints from non-administrative sessions
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable WordPress audit logging plugins to track capability-checked operations and role changes
- Alert on HTTP 200 responses to plugin endpoints originating from low-privilege session cookies
- Monitor plugin file integrity and configuration changes through file integrity monitoring tooling
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-47480
Immediate Actions Required
- Update the Graphina plugin to a version later than 3.0.4 as soon as the vendor publishes a fixed release
- Disable open user registration on WordPress sites until the plugin is patched
- Review existing user accounts and remove unused low-privilege accounts that could be leveraged for exploitation
Patch Information
The vulnerability affects Graphina versions through 3.0.4. Consult the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for the latest patched version guidance from Iqonic Design.
Workarounds
- Deactivate the Graphina plugin until an updated version is installed
- Restrict access to admin-ajax.php and plugin REST endpoints through a web application firewall rule targeting Graphina action parameters
- Enforce the principle of least privilege by auditing WordPress roles and removing unnecessary capability grants
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