CVE-2025-3452 SecuPress Free <= 2.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation
Authenticated subscribers can install arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3452?
CVE-2025-3452 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security, published on 29 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'secupress_reinstall_plugins_admin_ajax_cb' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3452?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Secupress Secupress.
How do I fix CVE-2025-3452?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3452 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-2025-3452 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3452 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security
- CVE-2025-30907 WordPress SecuPress Free plugin <= 2.2.5.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-9019 Cross-site scripting in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security
- CVE-2024-1504 SecuPress Free — WordPress Security <= 2.2.5.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Banned IP Address
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xp82-r324-2w4v.