CVE-2025-11988 (GCVE-0-2025-11988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-11 03:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:45
VLAI
Title
Crypto Tool <= 2.22 - Missing Authentication to Unauthenticated Limited File Deletion
Summary
The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized manipulation of data in all versions up to, and including, 2.22. This is due to the plugin registering an unauthenticated AJAX action (wp_ajax_nopriv_crypto_connect_ajax_process) that allows calling the crypto_delete_json method with only a publicly-available nonce check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete specific JSON files matching the pattern *_pending.json within the wp-content/uploads/yak/ directory, causing data loss and denial of service for plugin workflows that rely on these artifacts.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-12 17:02 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2454 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
odude Crypto Tool Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.22 (semver)
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Credits
Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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