CVE-2025-5304 Missing authorization in PT Project Notebooks – Take Meeting minutes, create budgets, track task management, and more
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges to administrator due to missing authorization in the PT Project Notebooks WordPress 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-2025-5304?
CVE-2025-5304 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in blafoley PT Project Notebooks – Take Meeting minutes, create budgets, track task management, and more, published on 28 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function in versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5304?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ptoffice Pt Project Notebooks.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5304?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5304 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-2025-5304 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5304 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jjx8-42xr-xg34.