CVE-2025-6038 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Lisfinity Core plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 1.4.0. The flaw stems from insufficient identity validation during password updates, allowing authenticated users (Subscriber-level and above) to arbitrarily change any user's password, including administrators. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-exploitable, low-complexity attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebas | Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core Plugin Used For Pebas® Lisfinity WordPress Theme | >= 0, <= 1.4.0CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
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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