CVE-2025-9018 Missing authorization in Time Tracker
Authenticated subscribers can update plugin options to grant themselves administrator privileges and delete limited database records due to missing capability checks.
- 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-2025-9018?
CVE-2025-9018 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in germanpearls Time Tracker, published on 11 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Time Tracker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'tt_update_table_function' and 'tt_delete_record_function' functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update options such as user registration and default role, allowing anyone to register as an Administrator, and to delete limited data from the database.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9018?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9018?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9018 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-9018 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9018 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j5f2-3cr2-pf2v.