CVE-2025-7722 Social Streams <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator due to improper identity validation in the Social Streams 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-2025-7722?
CVE-2025-7722 is a high-severity vulnerability in steverio Social Streams, published on 23 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Social Streams plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their user meta information in the update_user_meta() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change their user type to that of an administrator.
Weakness: CWE-272
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7722?
How do I fix CVE-2025-7722?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7722 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-7722 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7722 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pvjh-6p44-vcv3.