CVE-2025-2253 IMITHEMES Listing <= 3.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Unverified Password Reset
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges and take over accounts, including administrators, by bypassing password reset verification in the IMITHEMES Listing plugin.
- 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-2025-2253?
CVE-2025-2253 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in IMITHEMES Listing, published on 9 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IMITHEMES Listing plugin is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a verification code value prior to updating their password through the imic_reset_password_init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change any user's passwords, including administrators if the users email is known.
Weakness: CWE-620
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2253?
How do I fix CVE-2025-2253?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-2253 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2253 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-94r8-mjp9-m9v4.