CVE-2025-27007
Published: 01 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-27007 is a critical-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-27007 is an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability, tracked under CWE-266, that affects the OttoKit suretriggers WordPress plugin maintained by Brainstorm Force. The flaw exists in all versions from the initial release through 1.0.82 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation with no required credentials or user interaction and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the weakness to perform privilege escalation, obtaining elevated rights within the WordPress installation that the plugin is installed on. Because the attack requires no authentication, it can be launched remotely against any reachable site running a vulnerable version.
The primary public advisory is published by Patchstack and is available at the referenced URL; it identifies the affected plugin versions and is the source for remediation guidance, which centers on applying the vendor-supplied update that resolves the privilege-assignment error.
The associated EPSS score currently stands at 0.8296 with a recorded peak of 0.8396, indicating a high and sustained probability of exploitation.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-13378
Vulnerability details
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Brainstorm Force OttoKit suretriggers allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects OttoKit: from n/a through <= 1.0.82.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Designation of a manager and policy dissemination ensures privileges are assigned according to defined roles.
Regular reviews catch incorrect privilege assignments to users, roles, or processes.
Explicitly specifying privileges and group/role memberships for accounts reduces the risk of incorrect privilege assignments.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.