pep.vn WP Optimize By xTraffic Plugin up to 5.1.6 on WordPress deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in pep.vn WP Optimize By xTraffic Plugin up to 5.1.6 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes deserialization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-28970. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in pep.vn WP Optimize By xTraffic Plugin up to 5.1.6 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in pep.vn WP Optimize By xTraffic allows Object Injection. This issue affects WP Optimize By xTraffic: from n/a through 5.1.6.

The weakness was published by Timomangcut. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-28970 since 03/11/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/01/2025).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-19269). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/11/2025 CVE reserved
06/27/2025 +107 days Advisory disclosed
06/27/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/01/2025 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Timomangcut
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-28970 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-28970
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314125
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2025 15:28
Updated: 07/01/2025 07:11
Changes: 06/27/2025 15:28 (63), 06/27/2025 15:48 (1), 07/01/2025 07:11 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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