CVE-2025-5953 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress, affecting versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. Missing authorization in the ajax_insert_employee() and update_empoyee() functions allows authenticated users with Employee-level access or higher to assign themselves administrator privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and requiring only low privileges. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.2.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mishubd:wp_human_resource_management:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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