High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-5117
CVE-2025-5117
Description
The Property plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the use of the property_package_user_role metadata in versions 1.0.5 to 1.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author‐level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator by creating a package post whose property_package_user_role is set to administrator and then submitting the PayPal registration form.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/property/tags/1.0.6/admin/pages/payment-inc/paypal-submit.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/property/tags/1.0.6/property.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3299714/nvd
- wordpress.org/plugins/property/nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df48f7f9-7bc9-4f9b-b9b5-6bfb86309030nvd
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