Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme <= 1.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

published 2025-10-09 last yr. modified 2026-10-08 last mo. also EUVD-2025-33236

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including those of administrators.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: last yr. (2025-10-09)

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

pebas Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme

Classification

Weakness

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-6038
NVD CVE-2025-6038

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