Vulnerability · Published Sep 10, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-9979Maspik <= 2.5.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Spam Log Export
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection from yonifre. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Maspik plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in version 2.5.6 and prior. This is due to missing capability checks on the Maspik_spamlog_download_csv function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to export and download the spam log database containing blocked submission attempts, which may include misclassified but legitimate submissions with sensitive data.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| yonifre | Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection | 0 – through 2.5.6 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ee68705-cbb3-44b8-8223-4cecd678bcab?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-forms-anti-spam/trunk/includes/functions.php#L1482
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3357602%40contact-forms-anti-spam&new=3357602%40contact-forms-anti-spam&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-9879/