CVE-2025-5304

CRITICAL EPSS 43.5%
Published Jun 28, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Jun 28, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function in versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

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
43.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
ptofficept_project_notebooks*≥1.0.0  –  ≤1.1.3

References 4

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L233
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L36
    Product
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/project-notebooks/#developers
    Product
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/552ec9fc-5bff-4bee-be04-39892c89cd59?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.