Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- 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-269.
Summary
The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to a broken validation check in the bundled listee-core plugin's user registration function that fails to properly sanitize the user_role parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dreamstechnologies | Listee | up to 1.1.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Listee Vendordreamstechnologies Affected up to 1.1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12981
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wg85-qjwx-mpxx
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d534feae-d1b7-4544-b1c5-c23f37dd5bab?source=cve
- https://themeforest.net/item/listee-classified-ads-wordpress-theme/44526956
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/listee/1.1.5/listee-core/includes/listee-core-users.php#L928
- https://listee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com/documentation/changelog.html
More dreamstechnologies vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-09833 Truelysell Core <= 1.8.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-08355 Doccure Core <= 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-12442 Mentoring <= 1.2.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in mentoring_process_registration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-08356 Doccure <= 1.5.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-08148 Doccure Core < 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-07850 Truelysell Core <= 1.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-12981 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12981 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wg85-qjwx-mpxx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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