PT-2025-10436 · WordPress · Shortcode Cleaner Lite

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2025-03-08 · Updated 2025-03-12 · CVE-2025-1481

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Shortcode Cleaner Lite plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.0.10

Description The issue allows unauthorized access to data due to a missing capability check on the download backup() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export arbitrary options.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 1.0.9, update to a version later than 1.0.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the download backup() function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-1481

Affected Products

Shortcode Cleaner Lite

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1481 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1481 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1898246336123748418 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113972 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19875 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-cleaner-lite/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/18725 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15613da5-f900-4a33-8eec-6c9e52ed30fc?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-cleaner-lite/trunk/vendor/codestar/codestar/core/Module/Export.php#L53 · Note
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/1899871400791363622 · Twitter Post