CVE-2025-31643
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges in Dasinfomedia WPCHURCH WordPress plugin, potentially gaining administrative access. It affects all WordPress sites using WPCHURCH plugin versions up to 2.7.0.
💻 Affected Systems
- Dasinfomedia WPCHURCH (Church Management 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 gain full administrative control over the WordPress site, allowing them to modify content, install malicious plugins, steal sensitive data, or take over the entire server.
Likely Case
Attackers escalate privileges to administrator level, enabling them to modify church management data, user accounts, and potentially inject malicious code.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to unauthorized privilege changes that can be detected and reversed.
🎯 Exploit Status
Privilege escalation vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins are frequently weaponized. Requires some level of access to exploit.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 2.7.0
Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/church-management/vulnerability/wordpress-wpchurch-2-7-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find WPCHURCH plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable WPCHURCH Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate church-management
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and monitor user privilege changes
- Restrict plugin access to trusted IP addresses only
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for WPCHURCH version 2.7.0 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get church-management --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify WPCHURCH plugin version is higher than 2.7.0 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected user privilege changes in WordPress logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful privilege escalation
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to WPCHURCH plugin endpoints
- Traffic patterns indicating privilege escalation attempts
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (event="user_role_changed" OR event="capabilities_modified")