High severity · published Jul 18, 2025
CVE-2025-6813
aapanel WP Toolkit 1.0 - 1.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via auto_login() Function
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The aapanel WP Toolkit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization checks within the auto_login() function in versions 1.0 to 1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to bypass all role checks and gain full admin privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AW
aapanel WP Toolkit · aapanel
1.0 through 1.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6813
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6813
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/aapanel-wp-toolkit/tags/1.1/includes/class-aapanel-wp-toolkit-agent.php#L74
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/aapanel-wp-toolkit/#developers
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/430a0b93-2cb7-45bf-86ac-4a8b3a0be77a?source=cve