CVE-2025-6038 Privilege escalation in Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges by changing arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, due to missing identity validation.
- 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-2025-6038?
CVE-2025-6038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme, published on 9 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including those of administrators.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6038?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6038?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6038 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6038 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jr5v-p4f2-w6w8.