CVE-2025-6994: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Reveal Listing plugin by smartdatasoft for WordPress contains a privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-6994) affecting versions up to and including 3.3. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on August 5, 2025, and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) (NVD, Wordfence).

The vulnerability stems from improper privilege management (CWE-269) where the plugin allows users who are registering new accounts to set their own role by supplying the 'listinguserrole' field. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 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, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction (NVD).

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by creating an account with administrator role permissions. This could lead to complete compromise of the affected WordPress installation, as administrator accounts have full control over the website's functionality and content (NVD).

Users running affected versions of the Reveal Listing plugin (versions up to and including 3.3) should update to a patched version as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, website administrators should consider disabling new user registrations or implementing additional security controls around the registration process (Wordfence).