CVE-2025-39533 WordPress Starfish Review Generation & Marketing plugin <= 3.1.19 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Attackers can escalate privileges due to missing authorization checks in the Starfish Review Generation & Marketing WordPress 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-2025-39533?
CVE-2025-39533 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Starfish Review Generation & Marketing, published on 17 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Starfish Reviews Starfish Review Generation & Marketing starfish-reviews allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Starfish Review Generation & Marketing: from n/a through <= 3.1.19.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39533?
How do I fix CVE-2025-39533?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-39533 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-2025-39533 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39533 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7mhq-2mfc-44w3.