CVE-2025-12981CWE-269

Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Critical · published February 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
47.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00597 · 47.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-02-27T06:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 FEB 06:43Z
    Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5