CVE-2025-12981 json
Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
published 8mo ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-208125
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to a broken validation check in the bundled listee-core plugin's user registration function that fails to properly sanitize the user_role parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 8mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- dreamstechnologies Listee
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d534feae-d1b7-4544-b1c5-c23f37dd5bab?source=cve
- themeforest.net /item/listee-classified-ads-wordpress-theme/44526956
- themes.trac.wordpress.org /browser/listee/1.1.5/listee-core/includes/listee-core-users.php#L928
- listee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com /documentation/changelog.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-12981
- NVD CVE-2025-12981
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