WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2025-29004 Deferred

Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · audit@patchstack.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress
Plugin slug
age-restriction
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jan 06, 2026
Weakness
CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

This CVE was published Jan 06, 2026 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in AA-Team Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress, AA-Team Responsive Coming Soon Landing Page / Holding Page for WordPress allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress: from n/a through 3.0.2; Responsive Coming Soon Landing Page / Holding Page for WordPress: from n/a through 3.0.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources