CVE-2025-14360
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-14360 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Kaira Blockons WordPress plugin that allows attackers to access functionality not properly constrained by access control lists. This affects all WordPress sites running Blockons plugin versions up to and including 1.2.15. Attackers can exploit this to perform unauthorized actions that should require proper authentication.
💻 Affected Systems
- Kaira Blockons 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
Complete site takeover through privilege escalation, data theft, or content manipulation by unauthenticated attackers.
Likely Case
Unauthorized content modification, user data exposure, or plugin functionality abuse by attackers with basic web access.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper network segmentation and web application firewalls blocking unauthorized requests.
🎯 Exploit Status
Broken access control vulnerabilities typically have low exploitation complexity and are often weaponized quickly.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: >1.2.15
Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/blockons/vulnerability/wordpress-blockons-plugin-1-2-15-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Blockons plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Plugin Deactivation
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available.
wp plugin deactivate blockons
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock suspicious requests to Blockons plugin endpoints.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove Blockons plugin completely from all WordPress installations
- Implement strict network access controls to limit exposure of WordPress admin interfaces
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Blockons version <=1.2.15Check Version:
wp plugin get blockons --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm Blockons plugin version is >1.2.15 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to Blockons plugin endpoints in WordPress logs
- 403/401 errors followed by 200 success codes for same endpoints
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST/GET requests to /wp-content/plugins/blockons/ paths from unauthorized IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/blockons/" OR plugin="blockons") AND (response_code=200 OR response_code=403) | stats count by src_ip, uri_path