CVE-2025-7722
📋 TL;DR
The Social Streams WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to escalate their privileges to Administrator. This vulnerability exists because the plugin fails to properly verify user identity before updating user metadata. All WordPress sites using Social Streams plugin versions up to 1.0.1 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Social Streams 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 gain full administrative control over the WordPress site, allowing them to install malicious plugins/themes, modify content, steal data, or establish persistent backdoors.
Likely Case
Attackers elevate their privileges to administrator and use this access for content manipulation, data theft, or further compromise of the WordPress installation.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, the attack can be detected and contained before significant damage occurs.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is technically simple once an attacker has valid credentials.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.2 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-streams/trunk/src/php/JsonAPI.php
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Social Streams plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. If no update appears, manually download version 1.0.2+ from WordPress.org and replace the plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Social Streams Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available.
wp plugin deactivate social-streams
Restrict User Registration
allDisable new user registration to prevent attackers from creating accounts.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately disable the Social Streams plugin
- Implement strict monitoring of user role changes and admin actions
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins → Social Streams version. If version is 1.0.1 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get social-streams --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify Social Streams plugin version shows 1.0.2 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected user role changes from subscriber/author to administrator
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login and privilege escalation
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to /wp-json/social-streams/v1/update-user-meta endpoint with role modification parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (event="user_role_change" OR (uri_path="/wp-json/social-streams/v1/update-user-meta" AND status=200))