CVE-2025-6042: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The vulnerability (CVE-2025-6042) affects the Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme. The vulnerability was discovered and published on October 15, 2025. It impacts all versions of the plugin up to and including version 1.4.0. This security flaw is classified as a privilege escalation vulnerability, which stems from the plugin's default configuration of assigning editor roles (NVD CVE).

The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (HIGH), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L. The technical issue arises from the plugin assigning the editor role by default, and while certain capability limitations are implemented, the API access remains unrestricted (NVD CVE, Wordfence).

The vulnerability can be leveraged in conjunction with CVE-2025-6038 to escalate privileges to admin level, potentially giving attackers administrative access to the WordPress installation. This could lead to complete site compromise, as it affects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system, each at a low level as indicated by the CVSS scoring (NVD CVE).