CVE-2025-2805
📋 TL;DR
The ORDER POST WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes due to improper input validation. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 2.0.2, potentially compromising any WordPress site using this plugin.
💻 Affected Systems
- ORDER POST 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 could execute arbitrary PHP code, upload webshells, create admin users, steal sensitive data, or take full control of the WordPress site.
Likely Case
Attackers will execute existing WordPress shortcodes to perform unauthorized actions like content injection, privilege escalation, or data exfiltration.
If Mitigated
With proper web application firewalls and input validation, exploitation attempts would be blocked before reaching vulnerable code.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability is straightforward to exploit as it requires no authentication and leverages WordPress's built-in shortcode functionality.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.0.3 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/order-post/#developers
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find ORDER POST plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update appears, manually download version 2.0.3+ from WordPress.org and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable ORDER POST plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate order-post
Web Application Firewall rule
allBlock requests containing suspicious shortcode patterns
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the ORDER POST plugin immediately
- Implement strict input validation and sanitization for all user-supplied data
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → ORDER POST version. If version is 2.0.2 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get order-post --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify ORDER POST plugin version is 2.0.3 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to WordPress endpoints
- Unexpected shortcode execution in debug logs
- Multiple failed shortcode execution attempts
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with crafted shortcode parameters
- Unusual traffic patterns to WordPress admin-ajax.php or similar endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (shortcode_execution OR admin_ajax) AND status=200