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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2025-5288 EUVD-2025-18240GHSA-hqr5-32x6-7hw9

REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP 1.0.0 - 2.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via process_handler Function

Published Jun 13, 2025 · Updated Jun 13, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

Vendor: weboccults Product: REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP Category: Web / CMS

Description

The REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the process_handler() function in versions 1.0.0 to 2.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to POST an arbitrary import_api URL, import specially crafted JSON, and thereby create a new user with full Administrator privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
weboccults REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP 1.0.0 – ≤ 2.0.3 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • Nxploited/CVE-2025-5288 ★ 3 · Jun 12, 2025

    Wordpress REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP 1.0.0 - 2.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

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