CVE-2025-32648: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-32648 is a critical Privilege Escalation vulnerability affecting the Projectopia WordPress plugin versions up to 5.1.16. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher astra.r3verii and publicly disclosed on April 14, 2025. This security flaw is characterized as an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability that allows for unauthorized privilege escalation (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a Critical CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) and requires no authentication to exploit, making it particularly dangerous. The attack vector is network-accessible and requires low attack complexity (NVD).

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to escalate their privileges from a low-privileged account to higher privileges, potentially gaining full control of the affected website. The high CVSS score of 9.8 indicates that this vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become mass exploited (Patchstack).

As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website administrators are advised to implement mitigation measures immediately (Patchstack).