CVE-2025-32542: Unchecked Authorization Vulnerability in EazyPlugins Eazy Plugin Manager

Overview

CVE-2025-32542 is a critical cybersecurity vulnerability affecting EazyPlugins Eazy Plugin Manager. This vulnerability, classified as a Missing Authorization vulnerability, allows threat actors to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially resulting in system compromise or data leakage. As EazyPlugins Eazy Plugin Manager is widely used across various industries, this vulnerability’s potential impact is significant and concerns a broad range of users, from small business owners to large corporations.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-32542
Severity: High (8.8 CVSS Severity Score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage

Affected Products

Product | Affected Versions

EazyPlugins Eazy Plugin Manager | Up to and including 4.3.0

How the Exploit Works

The exploit works by taking advantage of the lack of proper authorization measures in the Eazy Plugin Manager. Due to incorrectly configured access controls, an attacker can send a specially crafted request to the Plugin Manager. The system fails to properly authenticate the request, allowing the attacker to execute unauthorized actions. This could potentially lead to the compromise of the entire system or data leakage.

Conceptual Example Code

Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. In this case, an HTTP request is sent with a malicious payload, exploiting the lack of proper authorization checks.

POST /plugin_manager/execute_action HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{
"action": "malicious_action",
"payload": "malicious_payload"
}

In this example, ‘malicious_action’ and ‘malicious_payload’ represent the malicious action an attacker wants to execute and the code or data that facilitates this action. Because of the missing authorization checks, the system does not validate whether the sender of this request has the necessary permissions to execute the specified action, leading to potential system compromise or data leakage.

Mitigation

To mitigate the impact of this vulnerability, users of EazyPlugins Eazy Plugin Manager are advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. Until then, users can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to monitor and filter out potentially malicious traffic as a temporary mitigation measure.