CVE-2025-15347
Published: 20 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-15347 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 18.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-15347 is a vulnerability in the Creator LMS – The LMS for Creators, Coaches, and Trainers plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.1.12. It stems from a missing capability check in the get_items_permissions_check function, enabling unauthorized modification of data that can result in privilege escalation. The issue is classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no user interaction required. By leveraging the flawed permissions check, they can update arbitrary WordPress options, potentially granting elevated privileges such as administrator access and enabling further site compromise, including data exfiltration, malware injection, or full control over the affected WordPress instance.
The vulnerability was addressed in version 1.1.13 of the plugin, as evidenced by changes in the SettingsController.php file documented in the WordPress plugin trac repository (changeset 3433193). Wordfence has published threat intelligence on the issue, recommending immediate updates to mitigate exploitation risks.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-3423
Vulnerability details
The Creator LMS – The LMS for Creators, Coaches, and Trainers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check in the get_items_permissions_check function in all versions…
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up to, and including, 1.1.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to update arbitrary WordPress options.
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Why these techniques?
Missing authorization check directly enables exploitation of the plugin vulnerability for privilege escalation to administrator level.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces approved authorizations, directly addressing the missing capability check that allows unauthorized modification of WordPress options.
Requires identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like the missing authorization vulnerability, enabling patching to version 1.1.13.
Limits contributor-level users to least privilege, reducing the impact of privilege escalation via arbitrary option updates.