admintwentytwenty UiPress lite Plugin up to 3.5.04 on WordPress uip_save_form_as_option authorization

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in admintwentytwenty UiPress lite Plugin up to 3.5.04 on WordPress. The affected element is the function uip_save_form_as_option. This manipulation causes authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-1309. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in admintwentytwenty UiPress lite Plugin up to 3.5.04 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function uip_save_form_as_option. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the uip_save_form_as_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.04. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

The weakness was shared by Dale Mavers. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-1309 since 02/14/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/07/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• admintwentytwenty

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• UiPress lite Plugin

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• 3.5.04

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