Description
The Call Now Button – The #1 Click to Call Button for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the activate function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to link the plugin to their nowbuttons.com account and add malicious buttons to the site. The vulnerability is only exploitable on fresh installs where the plugin has not been previously configured with an API key.
Published: 2025-10-29
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Privilege Escalation
Action: Patch Update
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History

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:45:00 +0000

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Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
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Vendors & Products Wordpress
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Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Description The Call Now Button – The #1 Click to Call Button for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the activate function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to link the plugin to their nowbuttons.com account and add malicious buttons to the site. The vulnerability is only exploitable on fresh installs where the plugin has not been previously configured with an API key.
Title Call Now Button <= 1.5.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Plugin Settings Update
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:26:36.379Z

Reserved: 2025-10-10T12:10:27.428Z

Link: CVE-2025-11587

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-29T13:19:17.113Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-10-29T13:15:34.350

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-11587

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-21T18:45:06Z

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