CVE-2025-0180: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Chimpstudio WP Foodbakery
The WP Foodbakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.7. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta can be updated during profile registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as an administrator.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The WP Foodbakery plugin for WordPress contains an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) that affects all versions up to and including 4.7. Specifically, the plugin fails to restrict updates to user meta data during profile registration, enabling unauthenticated users to escalate privileges by registering as administrators. This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, indicating critical severity with network attack vector, no user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts on affected WordPress sites. This grants full control over the site, including the ability to modify content, install malicious plugins, and compromise site integrity and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch links or official fixes are provided, site administrators should monitor the vendor's communications for updates. Until a fix is available, consider disabling the WP Foodbakery plugin or restricting user registration to trusted users only to mitigate risk.
CVE-2025-0180: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Chimpstudio WP Foodbakery
Description
The WP Foodbakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.7. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta can be updated during profile registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as an administrator.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The WP Foodbakery plugin for WordPress contains an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) that affects all versions up to and including 4.7. Specifically, the plugin fails to restrict updates to user meta data during profile registration, enabling unauthenticated users to escalate privileges by registering as administrators. This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, indicating critical severity with network attack vector, no user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts on affected WordPress sites. This grants full control over the site, including the ability to modify content, install malicious plugins, and compromise site integrity and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch links or official fixes are provided, site administrators should monitor the vendor's communications for updates. Until a fix is available, consider disabling the WP Foodbakery plugin or restricting user registration to trusted users only to mitigate risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-02T20:21:01.364Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6b67b7ef31ef0b555081
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:36:39 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 8:52:08 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 3:47:42 PM
Views: 19
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