CVE-2025-68547: Follow My Blog Post Auth Bypass Flaw

CVE-2025-68547 Overview

CVE-2025-68547 is a Missing Authorization vulnerability [CWE-862] affecting the wpwebelite Follow My Blog Post WordPress plugin through version 2.4.0. The flaw stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels on plugin endpoints. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this weakness over the network to perform arbitrary content deletion against affected WordPress sites. The vulnerability requires no privileges and no user interaction, making automated exploitation against exposed installations straightforward.

Critical Impact
Remote unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary content on WordPress sites running Follow My Blog Post <= 2.4.0, causing integrity loss and potential disruption of published content.

Affected Products

wpwebelite Follow My Blog Post plugin for WordPress
All versions from initial release through 2.4.0
WordPress sites with the follow-my-blog-post plugin installed and active

Discovery Timeline

2026-01-05 - CVE-2025-68547 published to NVD
2026-04-23 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-68547

Vulnerability Analysis

The Follow My Blog Post plugin exposes one or more action handlers that fail to verify the requester's authorization level before performing privileged operations. According to the Patchstack Vulnerability Report, the issue enables arbitrary content deletion. An attacker can issue crafted HTTP requests to plugin endpoints and trigger deletion routines that should be restricted to administrators. The EPSS score is 0.055% at the 17th percentile, reflecting low observed exploitation activity at publication time.

Root Cause

The root cause is a missing authorization check [CWE-862] in plugin request handlers. The code paths that perform destructive operations rely on the request reaching the handler rather than validating the user's capabilities through WordPress functions such as current_user_can(). Capability checks and nonce verification are either absent or insufficient, allowing unauthenticated callers to invoke privileged functions.

Attack Vector

Exploitation occurs over the network against the WordPress site's HTTP interface. An attacker sends a request to the vulnerable plugin endpoint, typically through admin-ajax.php or a registered REST route, supplying parameters that identify content to remove. Because the handler does not validate authorization, the request executes the deletion operation. No authentication, session, or user interaction is required to trigger the flaw.

No public proof-of-concept code has been released. Refer to the Patchstack advisory for additional technical details on the affected handler.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-68547

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected deletion of posts, pages, or other content objects without corresponding administrator activity in audit logs
Anonymous HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php referencing Follow My Blog Post plugin actions
Spikes in wp_posts table DELETE operations correlating with external IP traffic
WordPress activity log gaps showing content removal without an associated authenticated user

Detection Strategies

Inventory WordPress installations and identify hosts running the follow-my-blog-post plugin at version 2.4.0 or earlier
Inspect web server access logs for unauthenticated requests targeting plugin AJAX or REST endpoints
Compare baseline content counts against current counts to surface unauthorized deletions
Deploy a WordPress activity logging plugin to record content deletion events with source IP attribution

Monitoring Recommendations

Forward web server, WordPress, and database audit logs to a centralized analytics platform for correlation
Alert on high-volume DELETE operations against WordPress content tables from a single source
Monitor outbound notifications such as email or webhook events triggered by content deletion to identify silent abuse

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-68547

Immediate Actions Required

Deactivate the Follow My Blog Post plugin until a vendor-supplied patched version is installed
Restrict access to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php and plugin REST routes via a Web Application Firewall ruleset blocking unauthenticated calls to plugin actions
Back up the WordPress database and wp-content directory to enable recovery from any unauthorized deletions
Review recent content deletion events and restore affected posts from backups or revisions

Patch Information

At the time of NVD publication, the vulnerability affects all versions through 2.4.0. Monitor the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the WordPress plugin repository for an updated release that introduces capability checks on the affected handlers.

Workarounds

Remove the plugin entirely if subscriber-style follower functionality is non-essential
Apply server-level access rules limiting plugin AJAX actions to authenticated administrator sessions
Enforce strict role separation so editors and authors cannot escalate the impact if the plugin is reactivated before patching

bash

# Example: disable the plugin via WP-CLI until a patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate follow-my-blog-post
wp plugin status follow-my-blog-post