CVE-2025-0958

Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.9 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Deletion

2025-03-03 20:35

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 4.3.0
Affected Plugin: Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin
Affected Version: <= 4.2.9
CVSS: 5.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
CVE: CVE-2025-0958

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At a glance

CVE-2025-0958 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.2.9. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 4.3.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2025, reported by Brian Sans-Souci (liardom).

Vulnerability Overview

The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary auctions, posts as well as pages and allows them to execute other actions related to auction handling.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Reaching this weakness in Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.9 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper input validation means the application accepts input without confirming it has the form, type or range the code downstream assumes.

The concrete impact depends on where the unvalidated value lands, which is why records in this class range from cosmetic bugs to full compromise. For Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin the fix is 4.3.0: builds <= 4.2.9 are affected, anything from 4.3.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.3.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin 4.3.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0958 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af3675c9-3a6b-4139-85e8-2fc57f290e82 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0958

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CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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