OttoKit WordPress Plugin with 100K+ Installs Hit by Exploits Targeting Multiple Flaws
May 07, 2025
Vulnerability / Web Security
A second security flaw impacting the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers ) WordPress plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-27007 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a privilege escalation bug impacting all versions of the plugin prior to and including version 1.0.82. "This is due to the create_wp_connection() function missing a capability check and insufficiently verifying a user's authentication credentials," Wordfence said . "This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to establish a connection, which ultimately can make privilege escalation possible." That said, the vulnerability is exploitable only in two possible scenarios - When a site has never enabled or used an application password, and OttoKit has never been connected to the website using an application password before When an attacker has authenticated access to a site and can generate a valid application password Wordfence revealed that it obs...