CVE-2025-1309: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in admintwentytwenty UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages
The UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the uip_save_form_as_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.04. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The UiPress lite plugin for WordPress suffers from a missing capability check in the uip_save_form_as_option() function, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to update arbitrary site options. This can be exploited to escalate privileges by modifying the default registration role to administrator and enabling user registration, thereby allowing attackers to create administrative accounts. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.5.04 and has a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with Subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to administrator by modifying WordPress options. This can lead to full site compromise, including unauthorized administrative control and potential takeover of the WordPress site.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the UiPress lite plugin if possible to prevent exploitation.
CVE-2025-1309: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in admintwentytwenty UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages
Description
The UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the uip_save_form_as_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.04. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The UiPress lite plugin for WordPress suffers from a missing capability check in the uip_save_form_as_option() function, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to update arbitrary site options. This can be exploited to escalate privileges by modifying the default registration role to administrator and enabling user registration, thereby allowing attackers to create administrative accounts. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.5.04 and has a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with Subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to administrator by modifying WordPress options. This can lead to full site compromise, including unauthorized administrative control and potential takeover of the WordPress site.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the UiPress lite plugin if possible to prevent exploitation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-02-14T19:46:46.752Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6b0fb7ef31ef0b54db16
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:35:11 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 5:00:11 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 4:26:44 AM
Views: 21
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