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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-12981

Critical
Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Listee WordPress Theme (CVE-2025-12981)
CWE-269 — Weakness Type
Published: Feb 27, 2026  ·  Modified: Feb 28, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
9.8
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to a broken validation check in the bundled listee-core plugin's user registration function that fails to properly sanitize the user_role parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

The Listee WordPress theme contains a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in versions up to 1.1.6 that allows unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter. This vulnerability affects all WordPress installations using the vulnerable Listee theme without proper input validation.

📄 Description (Arabic)

ثيم Listee الشهير لـ WordPress يحتوي على خلل في التحقق من صحة المدخلات في وظيفة تسجيل المستخدمين بالإضافة المرفقة listee-core. يسمح هذا الخلل للمهاجمين بتجاوز قيود الأدوار والامتيازات بسهولة من خلال التلاعب المباشر بمعامل user_role أثناء عملية التسجيل.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

ثيم Listee لـ WordPress يحتوي على ثغرة تصعيد امتيازات حرجة في الإصدارات حتى 1.1.6 تسمح للمهاجمين غير المصرحين بالتسجيل كمسؤول عن طريق التلاعب بمعامل user_role. تؤثر هذه الثغرة على جميع تثبيتات WordPress التي تستخدم ثيم Listee المعرض للخطر.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 11, 2026 23:10
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
banking telecom government healthcare
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
10.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediately update the Listee theme to version 1.1.7 or later. If immediate patching is not possible, disable user registration or implement additional server-side validation for the user_role parameter. Review user accounts for unauthorized Administrator accounts created after the vulnerability disclosure date.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بتحديث ثيم Listee فوراً إلى الإصدار 1.1.7 أو أحدث. إذا لم يكن التحديث الفوري ممكناً، قم بتعطيل تسجيل المستخدمين أو تطبيق التحقق الإضافي من جانب الخادم لمعامل user_role. راجع حسابات المستخدمين للتحقق من وجود حسابات مسؤول غير مصرح بها تم إنشاؤها بعد تاريخ الكشف عن الثغرة.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
5.1.1 5.2.1 5.3.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
AC-2 AC-3 AC-5
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.9.1.1 A.9.2.1 A.9.4.3
📊 CVSS Score
9.8
/ 10.0 — Critical
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorN — None / Network
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredN — None / Network
User InteractionN — None / Network
ScopeU — Unchanged
ConfidentialityH — High
IntegrityH — High
AvailabilityH — High
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Critical
CVSS Score9.8
CWECWE-269
EPSS0.04%
Exploit No
Patch ✓ Yes
Published 2026-02-27
Source Feed nvd
Views 2
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
10.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
CWE-269
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