The Embedder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_set_global_option() function in versions 1.3 to 1.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:15:00 +0000

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Description The Embedder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_set_global_option() function in versions 1.3 to 1.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
Title Embedder 1.3 - 1.3.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-10T14:00:46.653Z

Reserved: 2025-04-07T14:39:08.252Z

Link: CVE-2025-3417

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-10T14:00:40.603Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-04-10T07:15:42.053

Modified: 2025-04-11T15:39:52.920

Link: CVE-2025-3417

cve-icon Redhat

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