CVE-2025-11855 Age Restriction <= 3.0.2 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by exploiting missing authorization in the age-restriction plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11855?
CVE-2025-11855 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown age-restriction, published on 11 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The age-restriction WordPress plugin through 3.0.2 does not have authorisation in the age_restrictionRemoteSupportRequest function, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to create an admin user with a hardcoded username and arbitrary password.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11855?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11855?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11855 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-11855 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11855 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xm2x-rx5v-75x7.