CVE-2025-12074
📋 TL;DR
The Context Blog WordPress theme has an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to access password-protected, private, or draft posts through the modal popup functionality. This affects all WordPress sites using Context Blog theme versions 1.2.5 and earlier. Attackers can extract sensitive content they shouldn't have access to.
💻 Affected Systems
- Context Blog WordPress Theme
⚠️ 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
Sensitive unpublished content, confidential information, or embargoed material from password-protected/private posts is exposed to the public internet.
Likely Case
Attackers extract draft posts, unpublished content, or password-protected material that should remain private.
If Mitigated
Limited exposure of non-critical unpublished content if proper access controls are implemented elsewhere.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability is straightforward to exploit via the theme's AJAX endpoint without authentication.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.2.6 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/themes/context-blog/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Appearance > Themes. 3. Find Context Blog theme. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If manual update needed, download latest version from WordPress.org and replace theme files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Context Blog Theme
allSwitch to a different WordPress theme temporarily until patched
Restrict AJAX Endpoint Access
linuxAdd .htaccess rules to block access to the vulnerable modal-popup.php file
<Files "modal-popup.php">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</Files>
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Switch to a different WordPress theme immediately
- Implement web application firewall rules to block requests to /wp-content/themes/context-blog/inc/ajax/modal-popup.php
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Appearance > Themes for Context Blog theme version 1.2.5 or earlierCheck Version:
Check wp-content/themes/context-blog/style.css for Version: headerVerify Fix Applied:
Verify theme version is 1.2.6 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/themes/context-blog/inc/ajax/modal-popup.php with post_id parameters
- Unusual access patterns to draft/private post IDs
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to modal-popup.php endpoint from unauthenticated sources
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/wp-content/themes/context-blog/inc/ajax/modal-popup.php" AND http_method="POST"🔗 References
- https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/context-blog/1.2.1/inc/ajax/modal-popup.php
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/297968/
- https://wordpress.org/themes/context-blog/
- https://www.postmagthemes.com/downloads/context-blog-free-wordpress-theme/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25552fdb-c55b-4390-a614-7c007c5fe7b1?source=cve
