Description

Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in WP Cafe Pro < 3.0.15 versions.

Executive Summary

Technical Details

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Additional Metadata

{
  "score": "7.5",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-24T12:16:52.693Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-24T12:16:52.693Z",
  "executiveSummary": "An unauthenticated sensitive data exposure vulnerability has been identified in WP Cafe Pro in versions prior to 3.0.15. This security flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to access restricted information without requiring valid credentials or session tokens.\nThe vulnerability impacts the confidentiality of the affected WordPress site, potentially exposing sensitive application data, user details, or configuration parameters depending on the specific functionality managed by the plugin.\nThe risk implication is critical as unauthorized data retrieval can facilitate further reconnaissance, privilege escalation, or secondary exploitation vectors against the hosting environment.\nThe attack capability is strictly remote, requiring network access to the target WordPress installation, and exploits inherent design flaws in how the plugin handles unauthenticated requests or API endpoints.\nNo specific preconditions or user interactions are required for successful exploitation beyond network connectivity to the vulnerable endpoint.",
  "technicalDetails": "The root cause of the vulnerability stems from inadequate access control enforcement and missing authentication checks within specific request handlers or AJAX/REST endpoints exposed by WP Cafe Pro prior to version 3.0.15.\nThe vulnerable component processes incoming HTTP requests without verifying whether the initiator possesses the appropriate privileges or authentication state required to access sensitive data structures.\nNetwork exposure is inherent to the WordPress architecture, where publicly accessible endpoints handle plugin-specific logic, making them reachable over standard HTTP/HTTPS protocols without prior session establishment.\nThe attack flow proceeds as follows: First, the remote, unauthenticated attacker identifies the vulnerable endpoint exposed by the WP Cafe Pro plugin. Second, the attacker crafts an HTTP request targeting this specific URI or AJAX action without supplying authentication cookies, headers, or anti-CSRF tokens.\nThird, the vulnerable plugin code processes the incoming request without validating the user's privilege level or session validity. Finally, the application queries internal data stores or functions, subsequently serializing and returning the sensitive information within the HTTP response body.\nPayload behavior typically involves querying exposed parameters or invoking specific backend functions that bypass authorization routines entirely, leading to the unauthorized disclosure of protected records.\nThe post-exploitation impact includes the aggregation of system intelligence, potential exposure of personally identifiable information (PII), and the acquisition of data useful for mounting subsequent targeted attacks against the WordPress application or its underlying database."
}