Chartify Plugin up to 3.5.9 on WordPress missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Chartify Plugin up to 3.5.9 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-11171. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Chartify Plugin up to 3.5.9 on WordPress and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authentication for Critical Function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.9. This is due to the plugin registering an unauthenticated AJAX action that dispatches to admin-class methods based on a request parameter, without any nonce or capability checks. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute administrative functions via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint granted they can identify callable method names.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-11171. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 10/08/2025).

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: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/07/2025 Advisory disclosed
10/07/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/08/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-11171 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-11171
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-327532

Entryinfo

Created: 10/07/2025 19:35
Updated: 10/08/2025 08:23
Changes: 10/07/2025 19:35 (43), 10/07/2025 19:36 (10), 10/08/2025 08:23 (12)
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