WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2025-39533 Deferred

Starfish Review Generation & Marketing: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

Starfish Review Generation & Marketing 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
Starfish Review Generation & Marketing
Plugin slug
starfish-reviews
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 17, 2025
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Apr 17, 2025 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Starfish Review Generation & Marketing 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

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Starfish Reviews Starfish Review Generation & Marketing starfish-reviews allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Starfish Review Generation & Marketing: from n/a through <= 3.1.19.

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