CVE-2025-3452
SecuPress Free <= 2.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
SecuPress Free <= 2.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-3452- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-15050
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-15050- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xp82-r324-2w4v
The SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized...
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.
- Record
GHSA-xp82-r324-2w4v- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-3452- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-3452 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Secupress, published April 29, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9125873-aedd-4334-b8e0-74b67d301904?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/secupress/trunk/free/modules/plugins-themes/tools.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3452
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp82-r324-2w4v