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TI-2025-05377 Aliases CVE-2025-5953GHSA-vcvq-g63r-9f2v

Missing authorization in asaquzzaman WP Human Resource Management

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
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 WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the ajax_insert_employee() and update_empoyee() functions in versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. The AJAX handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['role'] and, after basic cleaning via hrm_clean(), passes it directly to wp_insert_user() and later to $user->set_role() without verifying that the current user is allowed to assign that role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employee-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to administrator.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00442 38th 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

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
asaquzzamanWP Human Resource Management2.0.0 – 2.2.17—No fix listedCNA
  • WP Human Resource Management Vendorasaquzzaman Affected 2.0.0 – 2.2.17 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mishubd:wp_human_resource_management:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*2.0.0 – 2.2.17VulnerableMishubd
  • cpe:2.3:a:mishubd:wp_human_resource_management:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 2.0.0 – 2.2.17 Vulnerable ·Mishubd

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5953
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vcvq-g63r-9f2v

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2019-06994 The WP Human Resource Management plugin before 2.2.6 for WordPress does not ensure that a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06993 The WP Human Resource Management plugin before 2.2.6 for WordPress mishandles leave applications. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-05380 Missing authorization in asaquzzaman WP Human Resource Management CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1

Sources

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