Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-3417

stringfold Embedder

Embedder 1.3 - 1.3.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update

CVSS 3.1
8.8High

Official description

The Embedder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_set_global_option() function in versions 1.3 to 1.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Wordfence) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
stringfold Embedder 1.3 ≤ v ≤ 1.3.5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

2
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Details

Published
2025-04-10
Last updated
2025-04-10
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Wordfence

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.41%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
35.5%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-862
    Missing Authorization