CVE-2025-62062
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in the WordPress Easy Post Submission plugin allows attackers to retrieve embedded sensitive data from submitted posts. It affects all WordPress sites using Easy Post Submission plugin versions up to and including 1.7.0. The vulnerability exposes potentially sensitive information that users have submitted through the plugin's forms.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Easy Post Submission 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 extract sensitive user data including personally identifiable information, credentials, or other confidential data submitted through the plugin's forms, leading to data breaches and privacy violations.
Likely Case
Attackers with access to the WordPress site could extract sensitive information from post submissions, potentially exposing user data or administrative information embedded in submissions.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, the impact is limited to authorized users who might still be able to access sensitive data they shouldn't see.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires some level of access to the WordPress installation to retrieve the sensitive data from submitted posts.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.7.0
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Easy Post Submission' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin, then install the latest version from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
WordPressTemporarily disable the Easy Post Submission plugin to prevent exploitation
wp plugin deactivate easy-post-submission
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to WordPress admin panel and implement strong authentication controls
- Implement web application firewall rules to monitor and block suspicious data retrieval attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Easy Post Submission version. If version is 1.7.0 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get easy-post-submission --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify the plugin version is higher than 1.7.0 in WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual access patterns to post submission data
- Multiple failed attempts to access plugin functionality
- Unauthorized users accessing admin-ajax.php with plugin-specific actions
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST/GET requests to WordPress admin endpoints related to post submissions
- Traffic patterns indicating data extraction from the plugin
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="*/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php*" AND (query="action=*easy_post*" OR query="action=*submission*"))