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. 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.
- Component
- Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 15, 2025
This CVE was published Oct 15, 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 in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin assigning the editor role by default. While limitations with respect to capabilities are put in place, use of the API is not restricted. This vulnerability can be leveraged together with CVE-2025-6038 to obtain admin privileges.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L