CVE-2025-5953

HIGH EPSS 28.3%
Published Jul 4, 202512mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 4, 2025 12mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the ajax_insert_employee() and update_empoyee() functions in versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. The AJAX handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['role'] and, after basic cleaning via hrm_clean(), passes it directly to wp_insert_user() and later to $user->set_role() without verifying that the current user is allowed to assign that role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employee-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to administrator.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
28.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
mishubdwp_human_resource_management*≥2.0.0  –  ≤2.2.17

References 5

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L543
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L591
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L89
    Product
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/hrm/#developers
    Release Notes
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ba33a18-429f-4a3e-b018-bdfbbe6e8482?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.