CVE-2025-49250
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in the Team Showcase WordPress plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes through code injection. It affects all WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of the plugin, potentially allowing unauthorized content modification or data exposure.
💻 Affected Systems
- Team Showcase 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 site takeover through privilege escalation or remote code execution via chained exploits
Likely Case
Unauthorized content injection, defacement, or data leakage through shortcode execution
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and output escaping in place
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires contributor-level access or higher; detailed technical analysis available in public advisories
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 25.05.13
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find 'Team Showcase' plugin
4. Click 'Update Now' if available
5. If no update available, download version 25.05.13+ from WordPress repository
6. Deactivate old plugin, upload new version, activate
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate Team Showcase plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate team-showcase-cm
Restrict User Roles
allLimit contributor and author role access to affected functionality
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation and output escaping for all user-supplied data
- Apply web application firewall rules to block suspicious shortcode patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Team Showcase version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin get team-showcase-cm --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 25.05.13 or higher in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual shortcode execution patterns in WordPress debug logs
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful contributor login
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests containing malicious shortcode patterns to WordPress admin-ajax.php
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("[shortcode]" OR "team_showcase") AND ("injection" OR "exec")