CVE-2025-5304
CRITICALDescription
The PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function in versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L233
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L36
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/project-notebooks/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/552ec9fc-5bff-4bee-be04-39892c89cd59?source=cve
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-07-07.