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CVE-2025-48164:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The SureDash WordPress plugin contains an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability (CVE-2025-48164) that was discovered and publicly disclosed on July 28, 2025. This vulnerability affects all versions of SureDash up to and including version 1.0.3, with a fix released in version 1.1.0. The vulnerability was initially identified by security researcher Denver Jackson (Patchstack, WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper restrictions on a user's ability to set roles within the plugin. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) and affects the plugin's role management functionality (Patchstack, Rapid7).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to elevate their privileges on affected WordPress installations. If successfully exploited, attackers could potentially gain higher-level access to the WordPress site, potentially leading to full administrative control (Rapid7, WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are strongly advised to update the SureDash plugin to version 1.1.0 or later, which contains the fix for this vulnerability. For users unable to update immediately, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until the update can be applied (Patchstack).
Additional resources
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