CVE-2025-14609
📋 TL;DR
The Wise Analytics WordPress plugin up to version 1.1.9 has a missing authorization vulnerability in its REST API endpoint. Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive analytics data including administrator usernames, login timestamps, and business intelligence. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Wise Analytics 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 harvest administrator usernames and login patterns to facilitate targeted attacks, compromise business intelligence data, and track visitor behavior for malicious purposes.
Likely Case
Unauthenticated attackers access sensitive analytics data including admin usernames and visitor tracking information, potentially enabling reconnaissance for further attacks.
If Mitigated
With proper authorization controls, only authenticated users with appropriate permissions can access analytics data, limiting exposure to authorized personnel.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires sending unauthenticated HTTP requests to the vulnerable REST endpoint with appropriate parameters.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.2.0 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wise-analytics/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Wise Analytics plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install latest version from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Block REST API Endpoint
allAdd .htaccess rule to block access to the vulnerable endpoint
# Add to .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^wp-json/wise-analytics/v1/report - [F,L]
Disable Plugin
linuxTemporarily disable Wise Analytics plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate wise-analytics
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block requests to /wp-json/wise-analytics/v1/report
- Restrict access to WordPress REST API endpoints using IP whitelisting or authentication requirements
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Send unauthenticated GET request to /wp-json/wise-analytics/v1/report?name=admin_users. If it returns data without authentication, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get wise-analytics --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After update, attempt same unauthenticated request. Should return 401/403 error or no sensitive data.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual volume of requests to /wp-json/wise-analytics/v1/report from unauthenticated users
- 401/403 errors for authenticated users trying to access analytics data
Network Indicators:
- HTTP GET requests to /wp-json/wise-analytics/v1/report with 'name' parameter from unauthorized IPs
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri_path="/wp-json/wise-analytics/v1/report" AND (http_status=200 OR http_status<400) AND user_agent NOT CONTAINS "WordPress"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wise-analytics/tags/1.1.9/src/Endpoints/ReportsEndpoint.php#L43
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wise-analytics/trunk/src/Endpoints/ReportsEndpoint.php#L43
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d92c80cb-080b-4774-8c66-1d5cf68e771f?source=cve
