PT Project Notebooks: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
PT Project Notebooks is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- PT Project Notebooks
- Plugin slug
project-notebooks- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 28, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jun 28, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update PT Project Notebooks 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 PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function in versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H