# CVE-2025-5288: Missing authorization in REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP

> Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges to Administrator by exploiting a missing capability check in the import handler.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 13 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hqr5-32x6-7hw9

## What is CVE-2025-5288?

CVE-2025-5288 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in weboccults REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP, published on 13 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the process_handler() function in versions 1.0.0 to 2.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to POST an arbitrary import_api URL, import specially crafted JSON, and thereby create a new user with full Administrator privileges.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5288?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-5288?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Wordpress REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP 1.0.0 - 2.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2025-5288

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5288 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5288 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in weboccults REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP, published on 13 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: weboccults REST API | Custom API Generator For Cross Platform And Import Export In WP. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5288/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5288/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5288
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5288
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5288

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5288/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.