CVE-2025-49052: Netease Music Auth Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2025-49052 Overview

CVE-2025-49052 is a missing authorization vulnerability affecting the Dariolee Netease Music (netease-music) WordPress plugin. The flaw stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to access functionality that should be restricted. The issue affects all versions of the plugin from unknown initial release through 3.2.1. The vulnerability is categorized under [CWE-862] (Missing Authorization) and requires network access with low-level privileges but no user interaction.

Critical Impact
An authenticated attacker with minimal privileges can exploit incorrectly configured access controls to perform unauthorized actions against the plugin, resulting in limited integrity impact on the affected WordPress site.

Affected Products

Dariolee Netease Music (netease-music) WordPress plugin
All versions up to and including 3.2.1
WordPress installations running the vulnerable plugin

Discovery Timeline

2025-08-14 - CVE-2025-49052 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-49052

Vulnerability Analysis

The Netease Music plugin fails to enforce proper authorization checks on one or more of its endpoints or actions. This class of flaw, tracked as [CWE-862] Missing Authorization, occurs when server-side code executes privileged operations without first verifying that the requesting user has the required capability. In WordPress plugins, this pattern typically appears when developers omit current_user_can() checks or rely on client-side controls to gate access.

An attacker holding any authenticated session, such as a subscriber account on a site that permits open registration, can send crafted requests to the affected functionality. Because the vulnerability sits within a WordPress plugin, exploitation does not require chaining with other flaws to reach the vulnerable code path.

The EPSS probability score is low, reflecting limited observed exploitation activity, but the flaw is reachable over the network on any site running the plugin.

Root Cause

The root cause is an incorrectly configured access control security level within the plugin's request handlers. The plugin exposes actions that modify or reveal data without validating the authenticated user's role or capabilities. See the Patchstack Vulnerability Advisory for technical details on the affected endpoints.

Attack Vector

Exploitation occurs over the network against the WordPress site hosting the plugin. The attacker must possess a valid low-privilege authenticated session. Once authenticated, the attacker issues HTTP requests directly to the vulnerable plugin action, bypassing the intended role-based restriction and achieving a limited integrity impact.

// No verified proof-of-concept code is publicly available.
// Refer to the Patchstack advisory for endpoint-level details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-49052

Indicators of Compromise

HTTP POST or GET requests to netease-music plugin endpoints originating from low-privilege user sessions such as subscribers or contributors.
Unexpected modifications to plugin-managed content or settings that do not correlate with administrator activity.
New or unexpected authenticated user registrations followed shortly by requests to plugin-specific URLs under /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or plugin route handlers.

Detection Strategies

Audit WordPress access logs for requests to netease-music handlers from accounts lacking editor or administrator roles.
Compare plugin action invocations against expected user capability levels to identify authorization gaps.
Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule that inspects requests targeting the netease-music plugin and correlates them with the requester's assigned role.

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable WordPress audit logging plugins to record user actions, capability checks, and plugin-level API calls.
Monitor for anomalous subscriber-tier account behavior, including sudden spikes in requests to plugin endpoints.
Forward WordPress and web server logs to a centralized analytics platform for correlation across authentication events and plugin activity.

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-49052

Immediate Actions Required

Identify all WordPress installations running the Netease Music plugin at version 3.2.1 or earlier.
Disable or remove the netease-music plugin until a patched release is verified and installed.
Review WordPress user accounts and revoke unnecessary low-privilege accounts, particularly if open registration is enabled.

Patch Information

At the time of publication, no fixed version has been listed in the enriched CVE data. Administrators should consult the Patchstack Vulnerability Advisory for the latest remediation status and upgrade guidance from the plugin author.

Workarounds

Deactivate the Netease Music plugin until an upstream fix becomes available.
Disable open user registration in WordPress settings to reduce the pool of authenticated attackers.
Apply WAF virtual patching rules to block unauthenticated and low-privilege requests to plugin-specific endpoints.

bash

# Deactivate the vulnerable plugin via WP-CLI
wp plugin deactivate netease-music

# Optionally remove the plugin entirely
wp plugin uninstall netease-music