CVE-2025-5304

The PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function in versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
WordfenceCNA
9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L233
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L36
https://wordpress.org/plugins/project-notebooks/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/552ec9fc-5bff-4bee-be04-39892c89cd59?source=cve