CVE-2025-14446
📋 TL;DR
The Popup Builder (Easy Notify Lite) WordPress plugin has a missing capability check vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to reset plugin settings to default values. This affects all WordPress sites using plugin versions up to 1.1.37. Attackers can disrupt popup functionality and potentially cause service disruption.
💻 Affected Systems
- Popup Builder (Easy Notify 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 reset critical plugin configurations, disabling important popup notifications, causing business disruption, and potentially enabling follow-on attacks if default settings have security weaknesses.
Likely Case
Malicious users or compromised accounts reset popup settings, causing temporary loss of configured popup functionality until administrators restore settings.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to temporary service disruption that can be quickly restored from backups.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is trivial once authenticated. Subscriber role is the lowest WordPress user role.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.1.38 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/easy-notify-lite/tags/1.1.37&old=3214567&new_path=/easy-notify-lite/tags/1.1.38&new=3214568
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Popup Builder (Easy Notify Lite)'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or download version 1.1.38+ from WordPress repository. 5. Activate updated plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate easy-notify-lite
Role Capability Restriction
allRemove plugin management capabilities from Subscriber role
wp cap remove subscriber edit_plugins
wp cap remove subscriber activate_plugins
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the Easy Notify Lite plugin completely
- Implement strict monitoring of plugin setting changes and user activities
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Easy Notify Lite version. If version is 1.1.37 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get easy-notify-lite --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.1.38 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- WordPress audit logs showing Subscriber users accessing plugin reset functions
- Unexpected plugin setting resets in application logs
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=easynotify_cp_reset from non-admin users
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND post_data="action=easynotify_cp_reset") AND user_role="subscriber"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-notify-lite/tags/1.1.37/inc/functions/enoty-functions.php#L304
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-notify-lite/trunk/inc/functions/enoty-functions.php#L304
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f67ab0cf-340d-4234-a857-1883f91c3ab6?source=cve
