CVE-2025-62954
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the Revive Old Posts WordPress plugin (also known as tweet-old-post) that allows attackers to bypass access controls. Attackers can exploit incorrectly configured security levels to perform unauthorized actions. This affects all WordPress sites running Revive Old Posts plugin versions up to and including 9.3.3.
💻 Affected Systems
- Revive Old Posts (tweet-old-post) 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 could gain administrative access to the WordPress site, modify content, install malicious plugins/themes, steal sensitive data, or take complete control of the website.
Likely Case
Attackers would exploit the broken access control to modify plugin settings, post unauthorized content to social media accounts, or access restricted administrative functions.
If Mitigated
With proper authorization controls and least privilege principles, the vulnerability would be contained to the plugin's functionality only.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires some level of access to the WordPress site, but the broken access control makes privilege escalation straightforward once initial access is obtained.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 9.3.4 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Revive Old Posts' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or download version 9.3.4+ from WordPress repository. 5. Activate the updated plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the Revive Old Posts plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate revive-old-posts
Restrict Access
linuxImplement IP-based restrictions to WordPress admin area
# Add to .htaccess for Apache:
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
Allow from 10.0.0.0/8
# Add to nginx config:
location /wp-admin {
allow 192.168.1.0/24;
allow 10.0.0.0/8;
deny all;
}
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove the Revive Old Posts plugin completely from the WordPress installation
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block unauthorized access to plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'Revive Old Posts' version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin get revive-old-posts --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 9.3.4 or higher in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=rop
- Unusual plugin configuration changes in WordPress logs
- Failed authorization attempts for plugin functions
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to plugin endpoints from unauthorized IPs
- POST requests to plugin admin URLs without proper authentication
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("revive-old-posts" OR "tweet-old-post") AND ("unauthorized" OR "access denied" OR "admin.php?page=rop")