CVE-2025-4202 — The Multicollab: Content Team Collaboration and Editorial

title: WordPress Multicollab Plugin Unauthorized Comment Addition - CVE-2025-4202
id: scw-2026-05-16-ai-1
status: experimental
level: medium
description: |
  Detects attempts to exploit CVE-2025-4202 by identifying POST requests to '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' with the 'action=cf_add_comment' parameter. This indicates an attempt by an authenticated user, potentially with subscriber privileges, to add comments to arbitrary collaborations within the Multicollab plugin without proper capability checks.
author: SCW Feed Engine (AI-generated)
date: 2026-05-16
references:
  - https://shimiscyberworld.com/posts/nvd-CVE-2025-4202/
tags:
  - attack.privilege_escalation
  - attack.t1087.001
logsource:
    category: webserver
detection:
  selection:
      cs-uri|contains:
          - '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php'
      cs-method:
          - 'POST'
      cs-uri-query|contains:
          - 'action=cf_add_comment'
  selection_base:
      sc-status:
          - '200'
  condition: selection AND selection_base
falsepositives:
  - Legitimate administrative activity

Source: Shimi's Cyber World · License & reuse