CVE-2025-6042 Privilege escalation in Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges to Editor via unrestricted API access in the Lisfinity Core 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-2025-6042?
CVE-2025-6042 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme, published on 15 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin assigning the editor role by default. While limitations with respect to capabilities are put in place, use of the API is not restricted. This vulnerability can be leveraged together with CVE-2025-6038 to obtain admin privileges.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6042?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6042?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6042 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6042 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3386-wpw4-2hcp.