LC Wizard 1.2.10 - 1.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Priority LOW 37CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The LC Wizard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check in the ghl-wizard/inc/wp_user.php file in versions 1.2.10 to 1.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with the administrator role when the PRO functionality is enabled.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00336 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5483
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5cv-jqj9-8f97
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-5483 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5483 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w5cv-jqj9-8f97 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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