Critical severity · published Feb 27, 2026
CVE-2025-12981
Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to a broken validation check in the bundled listee-core plugin's user registration function that fails to properly sanitize the user_role parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Listee · dreamstechnologies
through 1.1.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12981
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12981
listee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com
https://listee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com/documentation/changelog.html
themeforest.net
https://themeforest.net/item/listee-classified-ads-wordpress-theme/44526956
themes.trac.wordpress.org
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/listee/1.1.5/listee-core/includes/listee-core-users.php#L928
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d534feae-d1b7-4544-b1c5-c23f37dd5bab?source=cve