CVE-2025-6038

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.1%
  • CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Published: 2025-10-09T04:16:47.823

The Lisfinity Core – Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user’s identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user’s passwords, including those of administrators.

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How to fix CVE-2025-6038

CVE-2025-6038 is a high severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: The Lisfinity Core – Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user’s identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for authenticated […]

Affected Versions:
❌ Vulnerable: ≤ 1.4.0
✅ Safe: ≥ 1.4.1

Exploit Difficulty: EASY
⏱️ Time to exploit: < 1 hour
🛠️ Required skills: Basic web security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: Likely available

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product
- Verify version (vulnerable: ≤ 1.4.0)

2 Immediate actions

- Update to ≥ 1.4.1 or later
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

EASY
⏱️ Time to Exploit: < 1 hour
🛠️ Skills Required: Basic web security knowledge
💰 Public Exploits: Likely available

Affected Versions

❌ Vulnerable: ≤ 1.4.0
✅ Safe: ≥ 1.4.1

Vulnerability Timeline

Oct 09, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Nov 12, 2025
Imported to Database

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