CVE-2025-12981

CRITICAL EPSS 43.1%
Published Feb 27, 20264mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Feb 27, 2026 4mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to a broken validation check in the bundled listee-core plugin's user registration function that fails to properly sanitize the user_role parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
43.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management Authorization

References 4

  • listee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com https://listee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com/documentation/changelog.html
  • themeforest.net https://themeforest.net/item/listee-classified-ads-wordpress-theme/44526956
  • themes.trac.wordpress.org https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/listee/1.1.5/listee-core/includes/listee-core-users.php#L928
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d534feae-d1b7-4544-b1c5-c23f37dd5bab?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.