Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 09, 2025
This CVE was published Oct 09, 2025 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity 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
The Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including those of administrators.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H