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ghsa-w5cv-jqj9-8f97

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-11-07 06:30

Modified

2025-11-07 06:30

Severity ?

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

Details

The LC Wizard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check in the ghl-wizard/inc/wp_user.php file in versions 1.2.10 to 1.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with the administrator role when the PRO functionality is enabled.

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CVE-2025-5483 (GCVE-0-2025-5483)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-11-07 03:27

Modified

2025-11-07 17:47

Severity ?

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

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Summary

The LC Wizard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check in the ghl-wizard/inc/wp_user.php file in versions 1.2.10 to 1.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with the administrator role when the PRO functionality is enabled.

References

URL

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	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42dcc302-b543-42c7-99fa-605f017beb1a?source=cve
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3366906

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	niaj	Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard)	Version: 1.2.10 ≤ 1.3.0

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