CVE-2025-4672 (GCVE-0-2025-4672)
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 Offsprout Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to improper authorization placed on the permission_callback() function in versions 2.2.1 to 2.15.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read, create, update or delete any user meta, including flipping their own wp_capabilities to administrator and fully escalate their privileges.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
offsprout Offsprout Page Builder Version: 2.2.1   ≤ 2.15.2
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