CVE-2025-8899 Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams <= 7.3.20 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation
Authenticated attackers with Author access can escalate privileges to Administrator by manipulating registration form roles in the Paid Videochat 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-2025-8899?
CVE-2025-8899 is a high-severity vulnerability in videowhisper Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams, published on 7 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.20. This is due to videowhisper_register_form() function not restricting user roles that can be set during registration. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to create posts/pages with the registration form and administrator set as the role and subsequently use that form to register an administrator account. This can also be exploited by contributors, but is far less likely to be successful because an administrator would need to approve the form with the administrator role for the attack to be successful.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8899?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8899?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-8899 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8899 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mv8h-rrqx-q2w7.