CVE-2025-68050: Leadpages Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2025-68050 Overview

CVE-2025-68050 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Leadpages WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions up to and including 1.1.3. Attackers can exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels to interact with plugin functionality that should require elevated privileges. The issue is categorized under [CWE-862: Missing Authorization].

The vulnerability is exploitable over the network without authentication or user interaction. Successful exploitation results in limited impact to integrity and availability, with no direct impact to confidentiality.

Critical Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can invoke restricted plugin actions due to broken access control, enabling unauthorized modification of plugin-managed data.

Affected Products

Leadpages WordPress plugin versions through 1.1.3
WordPress sites with the vulnerable plugin installed and active
Any deployment running the affected plugin range with default configuration

Discovery Timeline

2026-02-20 - CVE-2025-68050 published to NVD
2026-04-15 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-68050

Vulnerability Analysis

The Leadpages plugin exposes one or more action handlers that fail to verify the caller's permissions before executing privileged operations. The plugin relies on access control assumptions that do not match its actual security level requirements. Attackers can reach these endpoints over the network without authenticating.

Because WordPress plugins commonly expose functionality through admin-ajax.php, REST API routes, or admin-post handlers, missing capability checks (current_user_can()) or missing nonce verification allow unauthenticated requests to trigger sensitive actions. The CWE-862 classification confirms the root issue is an absent authorization check rather than a logic flaw in the check itself.

Root Cause

The root cause is the absence of proper authorization enforcement on plugin action handlers. The plugin code does not validate whether the requester holds the required WordPress capability before executing the requested operation. This creates a direct path for unauthorized invocation of protected functions.

Attack Vector

An attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable plugin endpoints. No authentication, privileges, or user interaction are required. The request reaches the handler, which executes without performing the expected capability check, producing limited integrity and availability impact on plugin-managed resources.

No public proof-of-concept code is currently available. Refer to the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for additional technical context.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-68050

Indicators of Compromise

Unauthenticated POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php invoking Leadpages plugin actions
Requests to Leadpages REST API routes from unexpected IP addresses or user agents
Unexpected modifications to plugin-managed pages, settings, or content entries
Web server access logs showing high-frequency requests to Leadpages handler endpoints

Detection Strategies

Monitor WordPress audit logs for plugin actions originating from unauthenticated sessions
Inspect HTTP request patterns targeting Leadpages AJAX or REST endpoints without valid nonces
Compare plugin configuration and content state against known-good baselines

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable a WordPress activity logging plugin to record administrative actions and their originating users
Forward web server and application logs to a centralized analytics platform for anomaly detection
Alert on access to Leadpages endpoints from IP addresses outside expected administrative ranges

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-68050

Immediate Actions Required

Identify all WordPress sites running the Leadpages plugin at version 1.1.3 or earlier
Update the Leadpages plugin to a patched release once published by the vendor
Restrict access to /wp-admin/ and admin-ajax.php at the web application firewall layer where feasible
Audit plugin-managed content and settings for unauthorized modifications

Patch Information

No fixed version was identified in the available CVE data at the time of publication. Monitor the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the official plugin repository for the patched release.

Workarounds

Deactivate and remove the Leadpages plugin until a patched version is available
Deploy a web application firewall rule blocking unauthenticated requests to Leadpages action handlers
Apply IP allow-listing to WordPress administrative endpoints

bash

# Example WAF rule snippet to block unauthenticated Leadpages AJAX actions
# Adjust action names to match the vulnerable handlers identified in the advisory
SecRule REQUEST_URI "@contains /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" \
  "chain,deny,status:403,id:1006805,msg:'Block Leadpages unauthenticated action'"
  SecRule ARGS:action "@rx ^(leadpages_)" \
    "chain"
    SecRule &REQUEST_COOKIES:/wordpress_logged_in_/ "@eq 0"