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CVE-2025-11533 (GCVE-0-2025-11533)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-11 07:25 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:35
VLAI
Title
WP Freeio <= 1.2.21 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Summary
The WP Freeio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.21. This is due to the process_register() function not restricting what user roles a user can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'administrator' role during registration and gain administrator access to the site.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-14 13:31 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ApusTheme WP Freeio Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.21 (semver)
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Credits
Friderika Baranyai
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