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ghsa-3mfv-w34c-w847

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-05-31 09:30

Modified

2025-05-31 09:30

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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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  "id": "GHSA-3mfv-w34c-w847",
  "modified": "2025-05-31T09:30:29Z",
  "published": "2025-05-31T09:30:29Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-geometa/#developers"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43039f2a-b3f9-4836-8b55-e8a091b1a102?source=cve"
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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

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

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.

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43039f2a-b3f9-4836-8b55-e8a091b1a102?source=cve
	https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-geometa/#developers
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-geometa/tags/0.3.4/lib/wp-geometa-dash.php#L896

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	luminfire	WP-GeoMeta	Version: 0.3.4 ≤ 0.3.5

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