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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L233	Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L36	Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/project-notebooks/#developers	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/552ec9fc-5bff-4bee-be04-39892c89cd59?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ptoffice:pt_project_notebooks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

07 Jul 2025, 14:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-06-28 06:15

Updated : 2025-07-07 14:47

NVD link : CVE-2025-5304

Mitre link : CVE-2025-5304

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-5304

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ptoffice

pt_project_notebooks

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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