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TI-2025-13150 Aliases CVE-2025-14397GHSA-rjgv-2m3v-c2v3

Missing authorization in franciscopalacios Postem Ipsum

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 Postem Ipsum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the postem_ipsum_generate_users() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary user accounts with the administrator role.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00284 20th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
franciscopalaciosPostem Ipsumup to 3.0.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Postem Ipsum Vendorfranciscopalacios Affected up to 3.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14397
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rjgv-2m3v-c2v3

References

  • TI-2025-17499 WordPress Easy Filtering plugin <= 2.5.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1

Sources