CVE-2025-39554
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the RelyWP AI Text to Speech WordPress plugin that allows attackers to bypass access controls. Attackers can exploit incorrectly configured security levels to perform unauthorized actions. All WordPress sites using affected versions of this plugin are vulnerable.
💻 Affected Systems
- Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP AI Text to Speech 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
Complete compromise of the WordPress site through privilege escalation, allowing attackers to modify content, install malicious plugins, or take full administrative control.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to plugin functionality, potentially allowing content modification, data extraction, or limited privilege escalation within the WordPress environment.
If Mitigated
No impact if proper authorization checks are implemented and access controls are correctly configured.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires understanding of WordPress plugin structure and access control mechanisms.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 3.0.4 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'AI Text to Speech' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install fresh version 3.0.4+ from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate ai-text-to-speech
Restrict Access via .htaccess
linuxBlock access to plugin directories for unauthorized users
# Add to .htaccess in WordPress root:
<FilesMatch "\.(php|inc)$">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately deactivate the AI Text to Speech plugin via WordPress admin or command line
- Implement web application firewall rules to block suspicious requests to plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'AI Text to Speech' version 3.0.3 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get ai-text-to-speech --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 3.0.4 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to /wp-content/plugins/ai-text-to-speech/ paths
- 403 errors followed by 200 successes on plugin endpoints
- Unusual user activity from non-admin accounts accessing plugin functionality
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to plugin-specific endpoints from unauthorized IPs
- POST requests to admin-ajax.php with ai-text-to-speech actions from non-privileged users
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/ai-text-to-speech/" OR user_agent CONTAINS "ai-text-to-speech") AND response_code=200 AND user_role!="administrator"