Privilege Escalation in Configurator Theme Core Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-3101
8.8HIGH
Key Information:
- Vendor
- WP-configurator
- Status
- Configurator Theme Core
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 24 April 2025
Summary
The Configurator Theme Core plugin for WordPress suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability, where it fails to properly validate user metadata before database updates. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to escalate their privileges to that of an Administrator, potentially giving them full control over the WordPress site.
Affected Version(s)
Configurator Theme Core * <= 1.4.7
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
Tonn