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CVE-2025-1481: Shortcode Cleaner Lite <= 1.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Export

6.5 CVSS

Description

The Shortcode Cleaner Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the download_backup() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export arbitrary options.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1481

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.5

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

Problem Types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Vendor: mandooox

Product: Shortcode Cleaner Lite

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.91% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-05 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1481
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15613da5-f900-4a33-8eec-6c9e52ed30fc?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-cleaner-lite/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-cleaner-lite/trunk/vendor/codestar/codestar/core/Module/Export.php#L53

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