CVE-2025-1309
Published: 07 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-1309 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in the UiPress lite plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 3.5.04. It stems from a missing capability check in the uip_save_form_as_option() function (CWE-862: Missing Authorization), which allows unauthorized modification of WordPress site options and can lead to privilege escalation.
Authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no user interaction required. By calling the vulnerable function, they can update arbitrary site options, such as enabling user registration and changing the default role for new registrations to administrator, thereby creating administrative accounts to gain full control over the site.
Mitigation details are available in plugin advisories, including Wordfence's threat intelligence report and the WordPress plugin trac. The issue was addressed in a subsequent changeset (3249865), with the fix visible in the plugin's ajax-functions.php source code; security practitioners should update to UiPress lite versions beyond 3.5.04 and review access for low-privilege users.
Details
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Why these techniques?
The CVE describes remote exploitation of a public-facing WordPress plugin via missing authorization, enabling authenticated low-privilege users to modify site options for privilege escalation and admin account creation.