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CVE-2025-39533 (GCVE-0-2025-39533)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-17 15:46 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:12
VLAI
Title
WordPress Starfish Review Generation & Marketing plugin <= 3.1.19 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Starfish Reviews Starfish Review Generation & Marketing starfish-reviews allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Starfish Review Generation & Marketing: from n/a through <= 3.1.19.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-17 17:41 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Starfish Reviews Starfish Review Generation & Marketing Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.1.19 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:39
Credits
LVT-tholv2k | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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