CVE-2025-5483 (GCVE-0-2025-5483)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-07 03:27 – Updated: 2025-11-07 17:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
LC Wizard 1.2.10 - 1.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Summary
The LC Wizard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check in the ghl-wizard/inc/wp_user.php file in versions 1.2.10 to 1.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with the administrator role when the PRO functionality is enabled.
Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-07 17:47 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| niaj | Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard) |
Affected:
1.2.10 , ≤ 1.3.0
(semver)
|
guessed |
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