Privilege Escalation in Reveal Listing Plugin by Smartdatasoft for WordPress
CVE-2025-6994

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Reveal Listing
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-6994?

The Reveal Listing plugin for WordPress, developed by smartdatasoft, contains a vulnerability that allows unauthorized users to escalate their privileges. This is enabled by the plugin's feature that permits users registering new accounts to specify their own role, including the critical 'listing_user_role' field. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can potentially create an account with administrator-level access, compromising the security of the WordPress site and its data.

Affected Version(s)

Reveal Listing * <= 3.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themeforest.net/item/reveal-directory-listing-wor...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Alyudin Nafiie
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