CVE-2025-39583
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the BERTHA AI WordPress plugin that allows attackers to delete arbitrary content without proper authentication. It affects all versions up to and including 1.12.10.2. WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are at risk.
💻 Affected Systems
- BERTHA AI 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 delete critical website content, posts, pages, or media files, potentially causing complete content loss and website disruption.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users deleting posts, pages, or other content they shouldn't have access to, leading to content integrity issues and potential defacement.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and authentication checks, only authorized users could perform content deletion operations.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability allows arbitrary content deletion without authentication. Exploitation is straightforward once the vulnerability details are known.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 1.12.10.2
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins. 3. Find BERTHA AI plugin. 4. Update to latest version. 5. Verify update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable BERTHA AI plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate bertha-ai-free
Restrict plugin access
allUse WordPress security plugins to restrict access to plugin functionality
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block unauthorized content deletion requests
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for content deletion activities
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > BERTHA AI version. If version is 1.12.10.2 or earlier, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=bertha-ai-free --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify BERTHA AI plugin version is higher than 1.12.10.2 in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized POST requests to content deletion endpoints
- Multiple content deletion operations from single IP
- Failed authentication attempts followed by content deletion
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action parameters related to content deletion
- Unusual traffic patterns to WordPress admin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("admin-ajax.php" AND "action=delete" OR "action=remove") AND NOT user="authenticated_user"