CVE-2025-10901
📋 TL;DR
The Originality.ai AI Checker WordPress plugin has an authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to read all data from the wp_originalityai_log database table. This exposes post titles, scan scores, credits used, and other sensitive information. All WordPress sites using this plugin up to version 1.0.12 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Originality.ai AI Checker WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
🔒 Custom verification scripts are available for registered users. Sign up free to download automated test scripts.
- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could exfiltrate all logged data including post content metadata, scan results, and usage statistics, potentially revealing sensitive information about content creation and verification activities.
Likely Case
Low-privilege authenticated users accessing plugin logs they shouldn't have permission to view, exposing content metadata and scan results.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact with proper access controls and monitoring in place to detect unauthorized database queries.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is technically simple - attackers can call the vulnerable function directly.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version 1.0.13 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/originality-ai/trunk/OriginalityAILogger.php
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Originality.ai AI Checker. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. Alternatively, download version 1.0.13+ from WordPress plugin repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
WordPressDisable the plugin until patched to prevent exploitation
wp plugin deactivate originality-ai
Restrict User Roles
WordPressTemporarily limit Subscriber and other low-privilege accounts
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and monitor for unusual database queries to wp_originalityai_log table
- Consider removing the plugin entirely if patching isn't possible
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins → Installed Plugins. If version is 1.0.12 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get originality-ai --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 1.0.13 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual database queries to wp_originalityai_log table from non-admin users
- Multiple failed authorization attempts followed by successful data access
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to WordPress admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php with 'ai_get_table' action from non-admin IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress_logs" AND (uri_path="*/admin-ajax.php" OR uri_path="*/admin-post.php") AND http_params.action="ai_get_table" AND user_role!="administrator"