CVE-2025-11427
📋 TL;DR
The WP Migrate Lite plugin for WordPress has a blind SSRF vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to make arbitrary web requests from the vulnerable server. This can be used to probe internal networks and services that would normally be inaccessible from the internet. All WordPress sites using WP Migrate Lite version 2.7.6 or earlier are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WP Migrate Lite - WordPress Migration Made Easy
⚠️ 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).
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- 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 use the vulnerable server as a proxy to attack internal systems, potentially leading to data exfiltration, lateral movement within the network, or compromise of internal services.
Likely Case
Attackers will use this to map internal network services, identify vulnerable internal applications, and potentially access metadata services or internal APIs that shouldn't be exposed.
If Mitigated
With proper network segmentation and egress filtering, the impact is limited to information disclosure about internal services that the web server can reach.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability is in an AJAX endpoint accessible without authentication. Exploitation requires sending crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable endpoint.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.7.7 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3200000%40wp-migrate-db%2Ftrunk&old=3199999%40wp-migrate-db%2Ftrunk
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find WP Migrate Lite
4. Click 'Update Now' if available
5. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin
6. Install the latest version from WordPress repository
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable the vulnerable AJAX endpoint
allAdd code to functions.php to remove the vulnerable AJAX action handler
add_action('init', function() {
remove_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_wpmdb_flush', 'wpmdb_flush');
remove_action('wp_ajax_wpmdb_flush', 'wpmdb_flush');
});
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately deactivate and remove the WP Migrate Lite plugin from all WordPress installations
- Implement network egress filtering to restrict outbound connections from web servers to only necessary destinations
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins for WP Migrate Lite version 2.7.6 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name='WP Migrate Lite' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify WP Migrate Lite version is 2.7.7 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=wpmdb_flush
- Unusual outbound connections from web server to internal IP ranges
Network Indicators:
- Web server making unexpected HTTP requests to internal services or unusual external domains
SIEM Query:
source="web_server_logs" AND uri="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND post_data CONTAINS "action=wpmdb_flush"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-migrate-db/tags/2.7.5/class/Common/Migration/Flush.php#L69
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-migrate-db/tags/2.7.5/class/Common/MigrationPersistence/Persistence.php#L50
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b098711-ed01-4a71-b0df-30ff4fffa930?source=cve
