CVE-2025-68020
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the WANotifier WordPress plugin that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. Attackers can potentially access unauthorized functionality or data. This affects all WordPress sites running WANotifier plugin versions up to and including 2.7.12.
💻 Affected Systems
- WANotifier 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 compromise of WordPress site through privilege escalation, data exfiltration, or unauthorized administrative actions.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to plugin functionality, potential data leakage, or modification of plugin settings.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper authentication and authorization controls in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires some level of access but authorization checks are missing.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 2.7.12
Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/notifier/vulnerability/wordpress-wanotifier-plugin-2-7-12-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 WANotifier and update to latest version
4. Verify update completed successfully
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable WANotifier Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate wanotifier
Restrict Plugin Access
allImplement additional access controls via WordPress roles or web application firewall
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation and firewall rules to limit access to WordPress admin interface
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for unauthorized access attempts to plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → WANotifier version. If version is 2.7.12 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get wanotifier --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify WANotifier version is higher than 2.7.12 in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to WANotifier endpoints
- Unusual plugin activity from non-admin users
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/wanotifier/ endpoints from unauthorized sources
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/wanotifier/" OR plugin="wanotifier") AND user_role!="administrator"