CVE-2025-49408
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in the Templately WordPress plugin exposes sensitive embedded data through sent information. Attackers can retrieve confidential information that should remain hidden. All WordPress sites using Templately versions up to 3.2.7 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WPDeveloper Templately 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 extract sensitive embedded data such as API keys, credentials, or configuration details, leading to complete system compromise or data breach.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive embedded information like configuration data or limited credentials that could enable further attacks.
If Mitigated
Limited exposure of non-critical embedded data with proper access controls and monitoring in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires understanding of the plugin's data handling mechanisms and likely some level of access to the WordPress environment.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 3.2.7
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find Templately plugin
4. Click 'Update Now' if update available
5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin until patched version is released
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Templately Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate templately
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block suspicious data retrieval patterns
- Restrict access to WordPress admin interface and implement strong authentication controls
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Templately → check if version is 3.2.7 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get templately --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify Templately plugin version is higher than 3.2.7 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual data retrieval patterns from Templately plugin endpoints
- Multiple requests to Templately-specific URLs with suspicious parameters
Network Indicators:
- Abnormal data transmission from WordPress site containing embedded sensitive information
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (plugin="templately" OR uri="/wp-content/plugins/templately/") AND (status=200 OR size>100000)