High severity · published Apr 8, 2025
CVE-2025-3064
WPFront User Role Editor <= 4.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation via whitelist_options Function
8.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WPFront User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the whitelist_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the default role option that can be leveraged for privilege escalation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is only exploitable on multisite instances.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WU
WPFront User Role Editor · syammohanm
through 4.2.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3064
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3064
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpfront-user-role-editor/trunk/includes/users/class-user-profile.php#L104
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpfront-user-role-editor/trunk/includes/users/class-user-profile.php#L399
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3266542/#file142
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpfront-user-role-editor/#developers
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efc7ad9f-714e-474c-87e8-ecbbdfabd550?source=cve
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