CVE-2025-12981 Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges to Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration in the Listee WordPress theme.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12981?
CVE-2025-12981 is a critical vulnerability in dreamstechnologies Listee, published on 27 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to a broken validation check in the bundled listee-core plugin's user registration function that fails to properly sanitize the user_role parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12981?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12981 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wg85-qjwx-mpxx.