CVE-2025-4103 (GCVE-0-2025-4103)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-31 06:40
Modified
2025-06-02 15:49
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
The WP-GeoMeta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_wpgm_start_geojson_import() function in versions 0.3.4 to 0.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
luminfire WP-GeoMeta Version: 0.3.4   ≤ 0.3.5
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