CVE-2025-2815: Administrator Z <= 2025.03.24 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update

8.8 CVSS

Description

The Administrator Z plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the adminz_import_backup() function in all versions up to, and including, 2025.03.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2815

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.8

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

Problem Types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Vendor: quyle91

Product: Administrator Z

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 12.91% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-21 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2815
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/32725074-5c62-49e0-83f9-c6cb77fb77a4?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3262319%40administrator-z&new=3262319%40administrator-z&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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