CVE-2025-9539 Missing authorization in AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress
Authenticated subscribers can create arbitrary automations leading to remote code execution or privilege escalation due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9539?
CVE-2025-9539 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rubengc AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress, published on 9 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the automatorwp_ajax_import_automation_from_url function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary automations, which can lead to Remote Code Execution or Privilege escalation once such automation is activated by the administrator
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9539?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9539?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9539 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-2025-9539 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9539 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w4r4-wvrh-xgqg.