CE21 Suite 2.2.1 - 2.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Plugin Settings Update

2025-11-03 15:23

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Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginCE21 Suite

Affected Version2.2.1 – 2.3.1

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2025-11007

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Vulnerability Overview

The CE21 Suite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin settings update due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_nopriv_ce21_single_sign_on_save_api_settings AJAX action in versions 2.2.1 to 2.3.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's API settings including a secret key used for authentication. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create new admin accounts on an affected site.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function) The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11007 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5e24feac-1812-45d7-b3c3-27787eed1cf1

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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