CVE-2025-31858
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-31858 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Local Magic WordPress plugin that allows attackers to bypass access controls and perform unauthorized actions. This affects all WordPress sites running Local Magic versions up to 2.6.0. The vulnerability enables privilege escalation and unauthorized data access.
💻 Affected Systems
- Local Magic 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 gain administrative privileges, modify site content, install malicious plugins/themes, steal sensitive data, or take complete control of the WordPress installation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users accessing restricted functionality, modifying plugin settings, or viewing/editing content they shouldn't have access to.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper network segmentation, strong authentication mechanisms, and minimal user privileges.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires some level of access but doesn't require authentication to the vulnerable functionality. Attackers need to identify and target the vulnerable endpoints.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.6.1 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Local Magic 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
Disable Local Magic Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate local-magic
Restrict Plugin Access
allUse web application firewall to block access to Local Magic plugin endpoints
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit who can access the WordPress admin interface
- Apply principle of least privilege - ensure users only have necessary permissions and regularly audit user accounts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins → Local Magic version. If version is 2.6.0 or earlier, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get local-magic --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify Local Magic plugin version is 2.6.1 or later in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual access patterns to Local Magic plugin endpoints
- Unauthorized users accessing admin functionality
- Failed authorization attempts followed by successful access
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/local-magic/ endpoints from unauthorized IPs
- Unusual POST requests to plugin-specific admin-ajax.php endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("local-magic" OR "CVE-2025-31858") AND (status=200 OR status=302) AND user_role!="administrator"