WP Headless CMS Framework Plugin up to 1.15 on WordPress Authorization Header protection mechanism

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in WP Headless CMS Framework Plugin up to 1.15 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Authorization Header Handler. This manipulation causes protection mechanism. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-11260. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in WP Headless CMS Framework Plugin up to 1.15 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Authorization Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Headless CMS Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.15. This is due to the plugin only checking for the existence of the Authorization header in a request when determining if the nonce protection should be bypassed. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access content they should not have access to.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-11260. 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 11/13/2025).

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-2025-158258). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• WP Headless CMS Framework Plugin

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15

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