PT-2025-18139 · WordPress · Secupress Free

Michael Mazzolini · Published 2025-04-29 · Updated 2025-05-06 · CVE-2025-3452

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin versions up to, and including, 2.3.9

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to install arbitrary plugins due to a missing capability check on the secupress reinstall plugins admin ajax cb function. This enables unauthorized modification of data.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.3.9, consider disabling the secupress reinstall plugins admin ajax cb function until a patch is available to prevent unauthorized plugin installations. Restrict access to the plugin installation feature to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-3452

Affected Products

Secupress Free

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3452 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3283453 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3452 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/1919803398880108854 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1917138837945405646 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/22603 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9125873-aedd-4334-b8e0-74b67d301904?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/23985 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/120152 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/secupress/trunk/free/modules/plugins-themes/tools.php#L686 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/121015 · Telegram Post