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Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-5288

CVE-2025-5288

weboccults REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP — REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP 1.0.0 - 2.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via process_handler Function

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
39
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 50.2.502 × 2010.0No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

The REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the process_handler() function in versions 1.0.0 to 2.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to POST an arbitrary import_api URL, import specially crafted JSON, and thereby create a new user with full Administrator privileges.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP1.0.0 – 2.0.3–CNA

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e2774fc-f028-436c-a8af-3c17378b9743?source=cverefplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-export-with-custom-rest-api/tags/2.0.3/backend/methods/wot-rapi-import-functions.php#L123refwordpress.org/plugins/import-export-with-custom-rest-api/#developers