Age Restriction <= 3.0.2 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation
Priority HIGH 68Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The age-restriction WordPress plugin through 3.0.2 does not have authorisation in the age_restrictionRemoteSupportRequest function, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to create an admin user with a hardcoded username and arbitrary password.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00235 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | age-restriction | up to 3.0.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- age-restriction VendorUnknown Affected up to 3.0.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11855
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xm2x-rx5v-75x7
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-11855 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11855 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xm2x-rx5v-75x7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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