CVE-2025-5953

{"id": "CVE-2025-5953", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "security@wordfence.com", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 8.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}, "impactScore": 5.9, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8}]}, "published": "2025-07-04T03:15:21.583", "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L543", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L591", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L89", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/hrm/#developers", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ba33a18-429f-4a3e-b018-bdfbbe6e8482?source=cve", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}], "vulnStatus": "Received", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "security@wordfence.com", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-862"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the ajax_insert_employee() and update_empoyee() functions in versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. The AJAX handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['role'] and, after basic cleaning via hrm_clean(), passes it directly to wp_insert_user() and later to $user->set_role() without verifying that the current user is allowed to assign that role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employee-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to administrator."}], "lastModified": "2025-07-04T03:15:21.583", "sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com"}