Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-39489

CVE-2025-39489:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-39489) was discovered in pebas CouponXL WordPress theme affecting versions through 4.5.0. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 23, 2025, and is classified as an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability that enables privilege escalation (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, and requires no user interaction. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to escalate their privileges from a low-privileged account to higher privileges, potentially gaining full control of the affected website. The critical CVSS score of 9.8 indicates severe potential impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

No official fix is currently available for this vulnerability. However, 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).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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