CVE-2025-2332
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a PHP object injection vulnerability in the Export All Posts, Products, Orders, Refunds & Users WordPress plugin. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by sending malicious serialized data, but impact requires another plugin/theme with a POP chain to be present. All WordPress sites using vulnerable plugin versions are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Export All Posts, Products, Orders, Refunds & Users 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
If combined with a POP chain from another plugin/theme, attackers could achieve remote code execution, delete arbitrary files, or steal sensitive data.
Likely Case
No impact unless another vulnerable plugin/theme with exploitable POP chain is installed; many sites may have no exploitable chain.
If Mitigated
With proper plugin management and security controls, risk is minimal as the vulnerability requires specific conditions to be harmful.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires finding or crafting a suitable POP chain from other installed components; no known POP chain exists in the vulnerable plugin itself.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 2.13 (check plugin updates)
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3257504/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Export All Posts, Products, Orders, Refunds & Users'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or manually update to latest version. 5. Verify plugin version is above 2.13.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the plugin until patched version is available.
wp plugin deactivate wp-ultimate-exporter
Remove plugin files
linuxCompletely remove the plugin from the WordPress installation.
rm -rf /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-ultimate-exporter/
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block PHP object injection attempts
- Audit and remove any unnecessary plugins/themes that might provide POP chains
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'Export All Posts, Products, Orders, Refunds & Users' version 2.13 or lower.Check Version:
wp plugin list | grep 'wp-ultimate-exporter'Verify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is above 2.13 in WordPress admin or via 'wp plugin list' command.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to WordPress endpoints containing serialized data patterns
- PHP errors related to unserialize() in web server logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with serialized PHP objects in parameters
- Traffic to plugin-specific endpoints from unexpected sources
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND ("unserialize" OR "O:" OR "C:" OR "a:" IN request_body) AND uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/wp-ultimate-exporter/"