Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WPC Admin Columns Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-3418

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WPc Admin Columns
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 April 2025

What is CVE-2025-3418?

The WPC Admin Columns plugin for WordPress prior to version 2.1.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to improper handling of user meta values in the ajax_edit_save() function. This allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and higher to manipulate their roles, potentially granting themselves administrative privileges without authorization.

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Affected Version(s)

WPC Admin Columns 2.0.6 <= 2.1.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3269302/wpc-...

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

Kenneth Dunn
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