CVE-2025-22560 Overview
CVE-2025-22560 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Saoshyant Page Builder WordPress plugin developed by saoshyant1994. The flaw affects all versions of saoshyant-page-builder up to and including 3.8. Attackers can exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels to interact with plugin functionality that should require authentication or elevated privileges. The vulnerability maps to CWE-862: Missing Authorization and is exploitable remotely over the network without user interaction or prior authentication.
Critical Impact
Unauthenticated remote attackers can access plugin functionality protected only by broken access control checks, resulting in limited integrity impact on affected WordPress sites.
Affected Products
- Saoshyant Page Builder plugin for WordPress, versions through 3.8
- WordPress sites running the saoshyant-page-builder plugin
- Any WordPress deployment where the vulnerable plugin is active
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-01-07 - CVE-2025-22560 published to the National Vulnerability Database
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-22560
Vulnerability Analysis
The Saoshyant Page Builder plugin exposes one or more actions without properly verifying the requester's authorization level. WordPress plugins typically enforce access control through capability checks such as current_user_can() and nonce verification via check_admin_referer() or wp_verify_nonce(). When these checks are absent or misconfigured, callable endpoints — including AJAX handlers registered through wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks — become reachable by users who lack the required privileges.
The result is a broken access control condition where privileged operations execute in an unauthenticated context. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and no prior authentication, allowing remote actors to reach the exposed functionality directly over HTTP.
Root Cause
The root cause is a missing authorization check [CWE-862] in the plugin's request handling logic. Plugin endpoints do not validate that the current user holds the WordPress capability required for the requested action. The advisory from Patchstack characterizes the issue as an incorrectly configured access control security level, meaning the plugin either omits the check entirely or applies a check too permissive for the sensitivity of the operation.
Attack Vector
An attacker sends a crafted HTTP request to the vulnerable plugin endpoint on a WordPress site running Saoshyant Page Builder 3.8 or earlier. Because the endpoint does not verify the caller's role or capabilities, the request executes with the effective privileges of the underlying handler. The CVSS vector indicates network reachability, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction. Impact is limited to integrity — attackers can modify data exposed through the vulnerable action but cannot directly extract sensitive information or degrade availability at scale.
No public proof-of-concept exploit is currently listed for this CVE. Technical details are available in the Patchstack Vulnerability Report.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-22560
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected HTTP POST or GET requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php referencing Saoshyant Page Builder actions from unauthenticated sessions
- Modifications to pages, posts, or plugin configuration entries without a corresponding authenticated admin session in access logs
- Requests to plugin endpoints originating from IP addresses that have never authenticated to /wp-login.php
Detection Strategies
- Enumerate installed WordPress plugins and flag any site running saoshyant-page-builder at version 3.8 or earlier
- Inspect web server access logs for anomalous request patterns targeting plugin AJAX actions without valid authentication cookies
- Correlate WordPress audit log entries against authenticated administrator sessions to identify actions performed outside expected user context
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable a WordPress activity log plugin to record content and configuration changes with attribution
- Forward web server and WordPress audit logs to a centralized SIEM for retention and correlation
- Alert on repeated requests to plugin endpoints from single source IPs within short time windows
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-22560
Immediate Actions Required
- Identify all WordPress sites running the Saoshyant Page Builder plugin and inventory their versions
- Disable or uninstall the plugin on any site running version 3.8 or earlier until a fixed release is confirmed
- Restrict access to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php at the web application firewall layer for plugin-specific actions
Patch Information
At the time of publication, the advisory lists affected versions as n/a through <= 3.8 without confirming a fixed release. Administrators should monitor the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the plugin's WordPress.org listing for an updated release that adds capability and nonce checks to the vulnerable endpoints.
Workarounds
- Deactivate the Saoshyant Page Builder plugin until an updated version is available
- Deploy a WordPress-aware web application firewall to block unauthenticated requests to plugin AJAX actions
- Enforce IP allowlisting for /wp-admin/ paths where operationally feasible to reduce exposure of privileged endpoints
# Disable the vulnerable plugin via WP-CLI on affected hosts
wp plugin deactivate saoshyant-page-builder
wp plugin list --name=saoshyant-page-builder --fields=name,status,version
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