CVE-2025-12981
Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-269 |
| Vendor | dreamstechnologies |
| Product | listee |
| Published | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
dreamstechnologies / Listee
0 ≤ 1.1.6
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d534feae-d1b7-4544-b1c5-c23f37dd5bab?source=cve themeforest.net: https://themeforest.net/item/listee-classified-ads-wordpress-theme/44526956 themes.trac.wordpress.org: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/listee/1.1.5/listee-core/includes/listee-core-users.php#L928 listee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com: https://listee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com/documentation/changelog.html
Credits
Ismail Syaleh