CVE-2025-5117

HIGH

The Property plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the use of the property_package_user_role metadata in versions 1.0.5 to 1.0.6. This make...

Affects 0 products across 4 vendors.

CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.4%
Percentile37th
PatchUnknown
CVSS Vector — Plain English Remotely exploitable over the network, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction needed, impact contained to the vulnerable component, full confidentiality impact, full integrity impact, full availability impact.
CWE Weakness Definitions
CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Software does not check whether an authenticated actor has permission for the requested operation.

Related Attack Patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-665 Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws
via CWE-862

Mapping is CWE-to-CAPEC per MITRE CAPEC 3.9.

◆ AI Analysis — automated analysis, not human-reviewed

The Property plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the use of the property_package_user_role metadata in versions 1.0.5 to 1.0.6.

BSID: BS-2025-GLOBAL-039490-H • Model: /workspace/models/qwen2.5-coder-32b-instruct-bf16 • Confidence: HIGH

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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-5117?
The Property plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the use of the property_package_user_role metadata in versions 1.0.5 to 1.0.6.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-5117?
CVE-2025-5117 has CVSS 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS: 0.4%.
Is CVE-2025-5117 actively exploited?
No confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2025-5117 as of 2026-05-30.
How do I remediate CVE-2025-5117?
Priority: IMMEDIATE.
What systems are affected by CVE-2025-5117?
CVE-2025-5117 affects Form; Paypal; Plugin; Wordpress.
Vulnerability Details
CVE IDCVE-2025-5117
BSIDBS-2025-GLOBAL-039490-H BreachSpider Global ID
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published2025-05-27
Last Modified2026-04-15
ICS Relevance15%
Weakness (CWE)
SourceNVD
Official Description

The Property plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the use of the property_package_user_role metadata in versions 1.0.5 to 1.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author‐level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator by creating a package post whose property_package_user_role is set to administrator and then submitting the PayPal registration form.

Source: NIST NVD / MITRE CVE Database

Attack Vector Analysis — CITED Relevance

Authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above can exploit this vulnerability by creating a package post with the property_package_user_role set to an administrator role, thereby elevating their privileges.

Exploitation Likelihood: HIGH

Affected Products
VendorProductAffected Versions
Form — —
Paypal — —
Plugin — —
Wordpress — —
Remediation

No official vendor advisory link on record. See the CVE record →

Threat Intelligence
● Threat Intelligence Validated: October 2026 | Threat Age: 506 Days
CISA known-exploitedNot in KEV catalog
Public ExploitNot confirmed
PoC CodeNot confirmed
AI Enrichment Record — provenance & audit hash
Model/workspace/models/qwen2.5-coder-32b-instruct-bf16
ConfidenceHIGH
Enriched At2026-05-24
SHA-512 Audit Hashdf9be09c496b68fc3006c80524ea8572927a8a4c093c4b8d35bd9473fe918bbc6ba8ca94d11882d45493561484d3da6b1fd70648b2dbe754861d5741ab790e6f
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