zozothemes Zegen Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress AJAX Endpoint authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in zozothemes Zegen Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component AJAX Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-2289. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in zozothemes Zegen Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component AJAX Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Zegen - Church WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several AJAX endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to import, export, and update theme options.

The weakness was released by Lucio Sá. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-2289 since 03/13/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/21/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/13/2025 🔍
03/14/2025 +1 days 🔍
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03/21/2025 +7 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Lucio Sá
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-2289 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-2289
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-299696

Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2025 09:13
Updated: 03/21/2025 22:52
Changes: 03/14/2025 09:13 (64), 03/21/2025 22:52 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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