CVE-2025-5304 (GCVE-0-2025-5304)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-28 05:29 – Updated: 2025-06-30 18:32
VLAI?
Title
PT Project Notebooks 1.0.0 - 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via wpnb_pto_new_users_add Function
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
blafoley PT Project Notebooks – Take Meeting minutes, create budgets, track task management, and more Affected: 1.0.0 , ≤ 1.1.3 (semver)
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Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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