CVE-2025-27270 WordPress Residential Address Detection Plugin <= 2.5.4 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Attackers can arbitrarily update plugin options due to missing authorization, leading to privilege escalation in WordPress installations.
- 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-2025-27270?
CVE-2025-27270 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in enituretechnology Residential Address Detection, published on 3 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in enituretechnology Residential Address Detection residential-address-detection allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Residential Address Detection: from n/a through <= 2.5.4.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27270?
How do I fix CVE-2025-27270?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27270 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-2025-27270 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27270 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2267-x99j-hcv3.