{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6038 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-6038 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6038 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6038/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6038/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-6038","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6038/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-6038","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jr5v-p4f2-w6w8"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges by changing arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, due to missing identity validation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-639","name":"Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme","id":"CVE-2025-6038","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"ProcessingJS for WordPress \u003c= 1.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2025-6039"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Vault Certificate Auth Method Did Not Validate Common Name For Non-CA Certificates","id":"CVE-2025-6037"},"products":["Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme"],"published":"2025-10-09","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["pebas"]},"summary":"Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges by changing arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, due to missing identity validation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6038/"}