---
id: CVE-2025-58841
title: >-
  Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author
  media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from
  n/a through <= 1.0.4.
summary: >-
  Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author
  media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from
  n/a through <= 1.0.4.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-266
published: '2025-09-05'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58841'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/media-author/vulnerability/wordpress-media-author-plugin-1-0-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
    label: audit@patchstack.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00318
epssPercentile: 0.22421
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.367Z'
---

## Overview

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.