CVE-2025-11587
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.
Affected WordPress components
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Call Now Button – The Free Click to Call Button for WordPress Plugin · call-now-buttonUp to and including 1.5.3View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- jgrietveld Call Now Button – The #1 Click to Call Button for WordPress — Up to and including 1.5.3
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-now-button/tags/1.5.3/src/admin/api-key/class-ott-controller.php#L27
- research.cleantalk.org https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-11587/
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d77b127e-52ee-4256-9450-410413b273f6?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record