LC Wizard 1.2.10 - 1.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.4.0
- Affected Plugin
- Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard)
- Affected Version
1.2.10 – 1.3.0- CVSS
- 8.1High
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2025-5483
At a glance
CVE-2025-5483 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard) WordPress plugin, affecting versions 1.2.10 – 1.3.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.4.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2025, reported by kr0d.
Vulnerability Overview
The LC Wizard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check in the ghl-wizard/inc/wp_user.php file in versions 1.2.10 to 1.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with the administrator role when the PRO functionality is enabled.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard) 1.2.10 – 1.3.0 takes no account at all. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard) the fix is 1.4.0: builds 1.2.10 – 1.3.0 are affected, anything from 1.4.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.4.0, 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: Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard) 1.4.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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