PT-2025-15051 · WordPress · Email Notifications For Updates

Kenneth Dunn · Published 2025-04-05 · Updated 2025-04-07 · CVE-2025-2933

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Email Notifications for Updates plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.6

Description The issue allows unauthorized modification of data, potentially leading to privilege escalation, due to a missing capability check on the awun import settings() function. This enables authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site, which can be exploited to gain administrative user access.

Recommendations For Email Notifications for Updates plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.6, update to a version higher than 1.1.6 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the awun import settings() function until a patch is available.

Fix

LPE

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-2933

Affected Products

Email Notifications For Updates

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2933 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1909155795847016665 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d52e644b-a58f-4e09-9e53-e9cbef75e34f?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/22178 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/2077 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/20880 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1908438434521244054 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1908618278307606769 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3265589%40wp-update-mail-notification&new=3265589%40wp-update-mail-notification · Note