Dokan Plugin up to 4.1.2 on WordPress privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dokan Plugin up to 4.1.2 on WordPress and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to privileges assignment. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-53425. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Dokan Plugin up to 4.1.2 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Dokan, Inc. Dokan dokan-lite allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Dokan: from n/a through <= 4.1.2.

The weakness was shared by Phat Rio. The advisory is shared for download at vdp.patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-53425 since 06/30/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/02/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-35458). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/30/2025 CVE reserved
10/22/2025 +114 days Advisory disclosed
10/22/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/02/2025 +41 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vdp.patchstack.com
Researcher: Phat Rio
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-53425 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53425
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-329564
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/22/2025 20:08
Updated: 12/02/2025 17:25
Changes: 10/22/2025 20:08 (53), 12/02/2025 17:25 (1)
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