CVE-2025-58222: Team Manager Auth Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2025-58222 Overview

CVE-2025-58222 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Maidul Team Manager (wp-team-manager) WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions from initial release through 2.5.1 and stems from incorrectly configured access control on plugin functionality. Unauthenticated attackers can reach protected actions over the network without user interaction. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-862: Missing Authorization.

Critical Impact
Remote attackers can exploit broken access control in the Team Manager plugin to perform unauthorized actions that impact data integrity on affected WordPress sites.

Affected Products

Maidul Team Manager (wp-team-manager) WordPress plugin
All versions up to and including 2.5.1
WordPress installations with the vulnerable plugin activated

Discovery Timeline

2025-09-22 - CVE-2025-58222 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-58222

Vulnerability Analysis

The Team Manager plugin exposes functionality without enforcing proper authorization checks. Endpoints registered by the plugin do not verify that the requesting user holds the required capability before executing sensitive actions. An unauthenticated attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable endpoints and triggers actions that should be restricted to privileged roles.

The issue is a broken access control weakness rather than an authentication bypass. The plugin registers callbacks that either omit capability checks entirely or rely on client-controlled parameters to determine authorization. This category of flaw is common in WordPress plugins that expose AJAX handlers, REST routes, or admin-post actions without gating them with current_user_can() checks.

Impact is limited to integrity of plugin-managed data. Confidentiality and availability are not directly affected, according to the published metrics.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing authorization logic (CWE-862) in one or more request handlers registered by wp-team-manager. The plugin does not validate the caller's WordPress capabilities before performing state-changing operations against team member records or plugin configuration.

Attack Vector

Exploitation occurs over the network with low attack complexity. No privileges and no user interaction are required. An attacker sends a crafted HTTP or AJAX request to the exposed plugin endpoint and receives the same response as an authorized user. Refer to the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for endpoint details.

No public proof-of-concept exploit is currently listed, and the vulnerability is not present in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The current EPSS probability is 0.258%.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-58222

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected modifications to team member entries, roles, or plugin settings managed by wp-team-manager.
Unauthenticated POST requests to admin-ajax.php or plugin REST routes referencing team manager actions.
HTTP 200 OK responses to plugin action calls originating from IP addresses that never authenticated to /wp-login.php.

Detection Strategies

Review WordPress access logs for requests to plugin-specific action names (for example, action= parameters containing team_manager or similar substrings) from unauthenticated sessions.
Correlate database write events against expected administrator sessions to identify anonymous changes.
Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule that blocks unauthenticated requests to plugin endpoints normally restricted to editors or administrators.

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable WordPress audit logging to capture plugin option changes and content modifications with actor attribution.
Alert on plugin file or database changes outside of scheduled maintenance windows.
Track outbound traffic and new admin user creation as follow-on indicators of successful exploitation.

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-58222

Immediate Actions Required

Identify all WordPress sites running the wp-team-manager plugin at version 2.5.1 or earlier.
Deactivate the plugin on affected sites until a patched release is confirmed installed.
Restrict access to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php and plugin REST endpoints at the WAF or reverse proxy layer for unauthenticated clients.

Patch Information

No fixed version is currently referenced in the enriched CVE data beyond the vulnerable range through 2.5.1. Monitor the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the plugin's WordPress.org listing for an updated release, and apply it as soon as it becomes available.

Workarounds

Remove or deactivate the Team Manager plugin until a patched version is published.
Add WAF rules that require authenticated administrator sessions for plugin-registered AJAX and REST actions.
Enforce IP allow-listing on /wp-admin/ and administrative endpoints to reduce the exposed attack surface.

bash

# Example: block unauthenticated access to wp-team-manager AJAX actions at the web server
# nginx snippet
location = /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php {
    if ($arg_action ~* "team_manager") {
        set $block_unauth 1;
    }
    if ($http_cookie !~* "wordpress_logged_in_") {
        set $block_unauth "${block_unauth}1";
    }
    if ($block_unauth = "11") {
        return 403;
    }
}