CVE-2025-50029: AI Tools Plugin Auth Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2025-50029 Overview

CVE-2025-50029 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Ashish AI Tools artificial-intelligence-auto-content-generator WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions up to and including 4.0.7. Authenticated attackers with low privileges can exploit incorrectly configured access control checks to delete arbitrary content on affected WordPress sites. The vulnerability maps to CWE-862: Missing Authorization and is exploitable over the network without user interaction.

Critical Impact
Low-privileged authenticated users can trigger arbitrary content deletion on WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the AI Tools plugin, resulting in loss of site availability and integrity of published content.

Affected Products

Ashish AI Tools plugin (artificial-intelligence-auto-content-generator)
WordPress installations running plugin versions up to and including 4.0.7
Any site exposing plugin functionality to authenticated subscriber-level or higher accounts

Discovery Timeline

2025-08-14 - CVE-2025-50029 published to the National Vulnerability Database
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-50029

Vulnerability Analysis

The AI Tools plugin exposes one or more action handlers that perform content deletion without verifying that the caller holds the required WordPress capability. WordPress plugins are expected to gate destructive operations behind current_user_can() checks and nonce validation. The affected handlers omit adequate capability verification, so any authenticated session can invoke them. The vulnerability class [CWE-862] describes exactly this failure pattern, where a codepath performs privileged actions without confirming the caller is authorized.

Root Cause

The root cause is a missing authorization check in one or more plugin request handlers responsible for deleting content generated or managed by the plugin. The handler processes a request identifier and performs the deletion without verifying whether the authenticated user has the capability to delete posts or manage plugin-owned objects. Access is decided by authentication state alone rather than by role or capability.

Attack Vector

Exploitation requires only a network-reachable login and standard low-privilege credentials, such as a subscriber account created through open registration. The attacker sends a crafted request to the vulnerable plugin endpoint with the identifier of the content to remove. Because the endpoint lacks a capability check, the plugin deletes the specified content. See the Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability Alert for the technical write-up.

No verified proof-of-concept code is available at this time. Refer to the vendor advisory for further technical details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-50029

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected deletion of posts, pages, or plugin-generated content on WordPress sites running the AI Tools plugin
Requests to admin-ajax.php or plugin-specific endpoints from low-privileged user sessions performing delete actions
Registration of new subscriber-level accounts followed shortly by administrative-style plugin requests

Detection Strategies

Inspect WordPress access logs for POST requests to artificial-intelligence-auto-content-generator plugin endpoints originating from non-administrator user IDs
Correlate wp_posts deletions against the acting user's role, flagging deletions performed by subscribers or contributors
Enable WordPress audit logging plugins to capture content deletion events with authoring user context

Monitoring Recommendations

Alert on bulk content deletion events within short time windows, especially from single user accounts
Monitor for anomalous authenticated activity following new user registration on sites with open registration enabled
Track plugin version inventory across managed WordPress sites and flag installations running AI Tools 4.0.7 or earlier

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-50029

Immediate Actions Required

Update the Ashish AI Tools plugin to a version later than 4.0.7 if the vendor has published a fix, or deactivate and remove the plugin until a patched release is available
Disable open user registration on affected WordPress sites to reduce the pool of low-privilege accounts available to attackers
Audit existing subscriber and contributor accounts for anomalous activity and remove unrecognized accounts

Patch Information

The vulnerability affects AI Tools plugin versions up to and including 4.0.7. Consult the Patchstack advisory for current patch availability and remediation guidance from the vendor.

Workarounds

Restrict access to the plugin's AJAX and REST endpoints using a Web Application Firewall rule that requires an administrator-level session
Temporarily deactivate the plugin until a patched version is applied and validated in a staging environment
Enforce role-based access control at the reverse proxy layer to block low-privilege users from reaching plugin delete actions

bash

# Example WordPress WP-CLI commands to inventory and disable the vulnerable plugin
wp plugin list --name=artificial-intelligence-auto-content-generator --fields=name,status,version
wp plugin deactivate artificial-intelligence-auto-content-generator
wp user list --role=subscriber --fields=ID,user_login,user_registered