Private Content <= 8.11.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

2025-02-24 00:00

Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginPrivate Content

Affected Version<= 8.11.5

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2025-26966

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Vulnerability Overview

The Private Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 8.11.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to takeover other user's accounts effectively elevating their privileges.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26966 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/256c4984-eee8-4ed0-ba34-e022822d6387

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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