CVE-2025-14447

5.3 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

The AnnunciFunebri Impresa WordPress plugin has an authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to reset all plugin options to defaults. This affects all WordPress sites using plugin versions up to 4.7.0. Attackers can disrupt plugin functionality by deleting configuration settings.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • AnnunciFunebri Impresa WordPress Plugin
Versions: All versions up to and including 4.7.0
Operating Systems: All operating systems running WordPress
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Requires WordPress installation with plugin enabled and at least one authenticated user with Subscriber role or higher.

⚠️ 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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Recommended Actions:
  1. Review the CVE details at NVD
  2. Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
  3. Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
  4. Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Malicious authenticated users reset critical plugin configurations, causing service disruption, loss of custom settings, and potential business impact for funeral announcement services.

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Likely Case

Low-privilege users accidentally or intentionally reset plugin settings, requiring administrator intervention to reconfigure the plugin.

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If Mitigated

Only administrators can modify plugin settings, maintaining normal operations with proper access controls.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: LIKELY
Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No
Complexity: LOW

Exploitation requires authenticated access but is trivial once authenticated. The vulnerable function is publicly documented in plugin code.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 4.7.1 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/annuncifunebri-onoranza

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find 'AnnunciFunebri Impresa' plugin
4. Click 'Update Now' if update available
5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin until patched version is released

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Remove Subscriber Access

all

Temporarily remove Subscriber role from all users or restrict plugin access to Administrator role only

Disable Plugin

all

Deactivate the AnnunciFunebri Impresa plugin until patched version is available

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement WordPress role-based access controls to restrict plugin management to Administrator role only
  • Monitor WordPress audit logs for unauthorized plugin configuration changes

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → AnnunciFunebri Impresa → Version number. If version is 4.7.0 or earlier, you are vulnerable.

Check Version:

wp plugin list --name=annuncifunebri-onoranza --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

After updating, verify plugin version is 4.7.1 or later in WordPress admin panel.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • WordPress audit logs showing non-admin users modifying plugin settings
  • Plugin option reset events in WordPress debug logs

Network Indicators:

  • POST requests to WordPress admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php with annfu_reset_options action

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress" AND (action="plugin_modified" OR message="*annfu_reset_options*")

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