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CVE-2025-5288: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-5288 affects the REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP plugin for WordPress. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 12, 2025, and affects versions 1.0.0 to 2.0.3 of the plugin. The plugin has been temporarily closed as of June 11, 2025, pending a full security review (WordPress Plugin, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Privilege Escalation issue (CWE-862: Missing Authorization) due to a missing capability check in the process_handler() function. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 9.8 CRITICAL with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to POST an arbitrary import_api URL and import specially crafted JSON, which can be used to create a new user with full Administrator privileges. This effectively gives attackers complete control over the WordPress installation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a patched version is released (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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