CVE-2025-62736
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the Image Cleanup WordPress plugin that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access controls. Attackers can perform unauthorized actions that should require proper authentication. This affects all WordPress sites running Image Cleanup plugin versions up to and including 1.9.2.
💻 Affected Systems
- Image Cleanup 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 delete or modify images, potentially leading to site defacement or data destruction.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users can delete or modify images in the media library, causing content disruption and potential data loss.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper access controls and monitoring, potentially only minor content manipulation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires some level of access but doesn't require full authentication. The vulnerability is in access control mechanisms.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 1.9.2
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Image Cleanup plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Image Cleanup Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate image-cleanup
Restrict Plugin Access
allUse WordPress role management to restrict who can access plugin functionality
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and monitor for unauthorized image modifications
- Use web application firewall rules to block suspicious requests to image-cleanup endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Image Cleanup → check version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin get image-cleanup --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is greater than 1.9.2 and test access controls with different user roles📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to image-cleanup endpoints
- Unexpected image deletion/modification events
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/image-cleanup/ from unauthorized sources
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "image-cleanup" AND ("DELETE" OR "MODIFY") AND NOT user_role="administrator"