# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mv8h-rrqx-q2w7

## 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 (Improper Privilege Management)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8899 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: videowhisper Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8899/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8899/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8899
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8899
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8899

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8899/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.