CVE-2025-10038

Binary MLM Plan <= 3.0 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation

2025-10-14 20:04

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 5.0
Affected Plugin: Binary MLM Plan
Affected Version: <= 3.0
CVSS: 6.5Medium
Weakness type: CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE: CVE-2025-10038

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At a glance

CVE-2025-10038 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Binary MLM Plan WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.0. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 5.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2025, reported by Jonas Benjamin Friedli.

Vulnerability Overview

The Binary MLM Plan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.0. This is due to bmp_user role granting all users with the manage_bmp capability by default upon registration through the plugin's form. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register and manage the plugin's settings.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Remediation

Update to version 5.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Binary MLM Plan 5.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10038 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7951c8e4-b610-4cc4-ab27-4cfa78d72302 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10038

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Binary MLM Plan

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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