CVE-2025-58664

4.3 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the Azizul Hasan Text To Speech TTS Accessibility WordPress plugin. It allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access controls to perform unauthorized actions. All WordPress sites using this plugin from any version up to 1.9.20 are affected.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Azizul Hasan Text To Speech TTS Accessibility WordPress Plugin
Versions: All versions up to and including 1.9.20
Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: This is a WordPress plugin vulnerability affecting all default installations of the vulnerable versions.

⚠️ 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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Recommended Actions:
  1. Review the CVE details at NVD
  2. Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
  3. Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
  4. Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Attackers could modify plugin settings, inject malicious content, or potentially escalate privileges to compromise the WordPress site.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized users could change text-to-speech settings, modify accessibility features, or disrupt functionality for legitimate users.

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If Mitigated

With proper access controls, only authenticated administrators could modify plugin settings, limiting impact to configuration changes.

🌐 Internet-Facing: MEDIUM
🏢 Internal Only: LOW

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No
Complexity: MEDIUM

Exploitation requires understanding of WordPress plugin structure and access control mechanisms.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Versions after 1.9.20

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/text-to-audio/vulnerability/wordpress-text-to-speech-tts-accessibility-plugin-1-9-20-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Text To Speech TTS Accessibility'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update appears, manually download latest version from WordPress repository and replace plugin files.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Plugin

WordPress

Temporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched

wp plugin deactivate text-to-audio

Restrict Access

all

Implement IP whitelisting for WordPress admin area

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement web application firewall rules to block unauthorized access to plugin endpoints
  • Enable WordPress security plugins that monitor for unauthorized configuration changes

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Text To Speech TTS Accessibility > Version. If version is 1.9.20 or lower, you are vulnerable.

Check Version:

wp plugin get text-to-audio --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

After updating, verify plugin version shows higher than 1.9.20 in WordPress admin panel.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unauthorized POST requests to plugin admin endpoints
  • Unexpected changes to text-to-speech settings in database

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with plugin-specific actions from unauthorized IPs

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND action CONTAINS "tts_" AND user_role!="administrator")

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