CVE-2025-11758
📋 TL;DR
The All in One Time Clock Lite WordPress plugin up to version 2.0.3 allows unauthenticated attackers to perform admin-level actions due to missing authorization checks. Attackers can create published pages, manipulate shift records, and download time reports containing employee PII. All WordPress sites using vulnerable plugin versions are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- All in One Time Clock Lite 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).
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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 create malicious pages, manipulate critical timekeeping data, and exfiltrate sensitive employee PII including names and work schedules, potentially leading to data breaches and operational disruption.
Likely Case
Unauthenticated attackers create spam pages, corrupt shift records causing payroll issues, and access employee PII from time reports.
If Mitigated
With proper authorization checks, only authenticated administrators can perform these actions, preventing unauthorized access and data exposure.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires sending crafted AJAX requests to vulnerable endpoints; no authentication needed.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.0.4 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aio-time-clock-lite/tags/2.0.4
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'All in One Time Clock Lite'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update appears, manually download version 2.0.4+ from WordPress.org and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable AJAX endpoints
allBlock access to vulnerable wp_ajax_nopriv_ endpoints via .htaccess or web server configuration
# Add to .htaccess:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wp-admin/admin-ajax\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} action=ai1ec_
RewriteRule ^ - [F]
Deactivate plugin
linuxTemporarily disable the plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate aio-time-clock-lite
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately deactivate the All in One Time Clock Lite plugin via WordPress admin or CLI
- Implement web application firewall rules to block suspicious AJAX requests targeting ai1ec_ actions
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'All in One Time Clock Lite' version ≤2.0.3Check Version:
wp plugin list --name='All in One Time Clock Lite' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 2.0.4 or higher in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual AJAX requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with ai1ec_ actions from unauthenticated IPs
- Unexpected page creation or shift record modifications
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action parameters containing 'ai1ec_' from external IPs
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND (action="ai1ec_create_page" OR action="ai1ec_*" ) AND user="-"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aio-time-clock-lite/tags/2.0.1/aio-time-clock-lite-actions.php#L1447
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aio-time-clock-lite/tags/2.0.1/aio-time-clock-lite-actions.php#L26
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aio-time-clock-lite/tags/2.0.1/aio-time-clock-lite-actions.php#L442
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/28246279-ecd8-4731-a4cc-64a3a4167323?source=cve
