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CVE-2025-23528 (GCVE-0-2025-23528)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-16 20:06 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:56

Title

WordPress DD Roles plugin <= 4.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Summary

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Mosterd3d DD Roles dd-roles allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects DD Roles: from n/a through <= 4.1.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-17 17:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Mosterd3d	DD Roles	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.1 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2026-04-01 16:32

Credits

Mika | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

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FKIE_CVE-2025-23528

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-01-16 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:55

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Mosterd3d DD Roles dd-roles allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects DD Roles: from n/a through <= 4.1.

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/dd-roles/vulnerability/wordpress-dd-roles-plugin-4-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-8JVQ-CJ68-W363

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-16 21:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:33

Details

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Wouter Dijkstra DD Roles allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects DD Roles: from n/a through 4.1.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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