Unauthenticated post trashing via unchecked access-plan deletion
Published Mar 19, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in LifterLMS 8.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to trash published WordPress posts through AJAX requests. The delete_access_plan handler accepts a caller-supplied plan_id and passes it to wp_trash_post without verifying that the requester can edit the associated product. No account or user interaction is required, and bulk abuse can move every published post to Trash, making site content unavailable until restored.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in LifterLMS 8.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to trash published WordPress posts through AJAX requests. The delete_access_plan handler accepts a caller-supplied plan_id and passes it to wp_trash_post without verifying that the requester can edit the associated product. No account or user interaction is required, and bulk abuse can move every published post to Trash, making site content unavailable until restored.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2290
- Published
- Mar 19, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- LifterLMS
- Product
- LifterLMS
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=8.0.1
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