Subscriber-level blog export via missing authorization
Published Jan 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 20, 2025
DeMomentSomTres WordPress Export Posts With Images 20220825 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to export blog data without authorization. The wp-admin/admin.php endpoint accepts dms3export=1 and starts the export without checking whether the logged-in requester is authorized. Subscriber access is sufficient to retrieve restricted and unpublished posts and the passwords assigned to protected posts.
Summary
What happened
DeMomentSomTres WordPress Export Posts With Images 20220825 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to export blog data without authorization. The wp-admin/admin.php endpoint accepts dms3export=1 and starts the export without checking whether the logged-in requester is authorized. Subscriber access is sufficient to retrieve restricted and unpublished posts and the passwords assigned to protected posts.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-5905
- Published
- Jan 15, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 20, 2025
- Vendor
- DeMomentSomTres
- Product
- DeMomentSomTres WordPress Export Posts With Images
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=20220825
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Public exploit references
- Authenticated export-request proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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