{"id":28234,"date":"2025-04-21T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:57:26","slug":"cve-2023-5905-unauthorized-data-export-vulnerability-in-demomentsomtres-wordpress-export-posts-with-images-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-5905-unauthorized-data-export-vulnerability-in-demomentsomtres-wordpress-export-posts-with-images-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2023-5905: Unauthorized Data Export Vulnerability in DeMomentSomTres WordPress Export Posts With Images Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recently discovered vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-5905, has been found to affect the DeMomentSomTres WordPress Export Posts With Images WordPress plugin. This vulnerability could potentially allow any logged-in user to export sensitive blog data, including unpublished posts and even passwords of protected posts. The implications of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-42970-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-multiple-apple-platforms-may-lead-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33024\">vulnerability are significant as it could lead<\/a> to a system compromise or data leakage, which could, in turn, result in privacy breaches, reputational damage, and potential legal implications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2023-5905<br \/>\nSeverity: High, CVSS Score 8.1<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Any logged-in user)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-37297-vulnerability-in-ami-s-spx-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33424\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2295022738\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>DeMomentSomTres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-6220-piotnet-forms-plugin-vulnerability-in-wordpress-allows-arbitrary-file-uploads\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34538\">WordPress Export Posts With Images Plugin<\/a> | Versions through 20220825<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability arises from the fact that the DeMomentSomTres WordPress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3417-unauthorized-data-modification-and-privilege-escalation-in-wordpress-embedder-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32425\">Export Posts With Images<\/a> plugin does not check the authorization of requests to export blog data. As a result, any logged-in user, including subscribers, can export blog content. This means that even restricted and unpublished posts, as well as passwords of protected posts, are susceptible to being exported and accessed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4119244887\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>In a potential exploitation scenario, a malicious user could send a post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-52200-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-leading-to-php-object-injection-in-armember-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35372\">request to the plugin&#8217;s<\/a> export endpoint. Here is a conceptual example of this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-content\/plugins\/export-posts-with-images\/export.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-site.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nCookie: wordpress_logged_in_[hash]=malicious_user_log_in_token\naction=export&amp;post_type=post&amp;start_date=20220101&amp;end_date=20221231<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the malicious user uses their login token (obtained by any means) to make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4391-wordpress-echo-rss-feed-post-generator-plugin-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50856\">POST request to the export endpoint of the plugin<\/a>. They specify the `action` parameter as `export` and select the `post_type` as `post`, indicating they want to export blog posts. They also specify a date range to select posts from that period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, users of the DeMomentSomTres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2007-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-leads-to-arbitrary-file-deletion-and-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34604\">WordPress Export Posts With Images plugin<\/a> are advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50738-memos-application-vulnerability-allows-for-unauthorized-user-information-disclosure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69635\">users should consider using a Web Application<\/a> Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A recently discovered vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-5905, has been found to affect the DeMomentSomTres WordPress Export Posts With Images WordPress plugin. This vulnerability could potentially allow any logged-in user to export sensitive blog data, including unpublished posts and even passwords of protected posts. The implications of this vulnerability are significant as it could lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-28234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28234"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62653,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28234\/revisions\/62653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28234"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=28234"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=28234"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=28234"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=28234"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=28234"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=28234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}