CVE-2025-11171 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin <= 3.5.9 - Missing Authentication for Administrative Function
Unauthenticated attackers can execute administrative functions in the Chartify WordPress plugin due to missing authentication checks on AJAX actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11171?
CVE-2025-11171 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ays-pro Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin, published on 8 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11171?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11171?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11171 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-11171 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11171 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8wvg-5x7g-q897.