CVE-2025-60086
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WP Voting Contest WordPress plugin that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access controls. Attackers can perform unauthorized actions that should require proper authentication. All WordPress sites running WP Voting Contest version 5.8 or earlier are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WP Voting Contest 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 compromise through privilege escalation, allowing attackers to modify voting results, manipulate contest data, or potentially gain administrative access to the WordPress installation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized modification of voting contest data, manipulation of contest results, or access to restricted voting functionality without proper authentication.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact with proper access controls, authentication requirements, and network segmentation in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Missing authorization vulnerabilities typically have low exploitation complexity and can be exploited without authentication.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 5.8
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find WP Voting Contest plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable WP Voting Contest Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate wp-voting-contest
Implement Web Application Firewall Rules
allBlock access to vulnerable plugin endpoints
# Add WAF rules to block /wp-content/plugins/wp-voting-contest/ paths
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove WP Voting Contest plugin completely from all WordPress installations
- Implement strict network access controls to limit who can access WordPress admin interfaces
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for WP Voting Contest version 5.8 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get wp-voting-contest --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is greater than 5.8 or plugin is completely removed📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to wp-voting-contest plugin endpoints
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful voting actions
- Unusual voting pattern changes from unexpected IP addresses
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/wp-voting-contest/ without proper authentication headers
- Unusual traffic spikes to voting-related endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "wp-voting-contest" AND ("unauthorized" OR "access denied" OR status=403)