CVE-2025-59134
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Jthemes Sale! Immigration law, Visa services support, Migration Agent Consulting immiex allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Sale! Immigration law, Visa services support, Migration Agent Consulting: from n/a through <= 1.5.8.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the immiex WordPress theme (Sale! Immigration law, Visa services support, Migration Agent Consulting). The vulnerability allows privilege escalation, meaning a lower-privileged user can gain access to higher-privileged administrative functions they should not have access to. The exact mechanism is not detailed, but such vulnerabilities typically stem from missing or inadequate capability checks before performing privileged actions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify immiex theme versionNavigate to Appearance > Themes in the WordPress admin dashboard. Locate the immiex theme and note the displayed version number. Alternatively, inspect the style.css file in wp-content/themes/immiex/ and look for the 'Version:' tag in the theme header comment.Affected if The displayed version is 1.5.8 or lower.
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Verify lower-privileged user accounts existGo to Users > All Users in the WordPress admin panel. Review the list of users and their assigned roles.Affected if Any user accounts with Subscriber or Contributor roles exist on the site.
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Confirm user role configurationNavigate to Settings > General in WordPress and verify the default role for new user registrations. Check if Subscriber or Contributor roles remain enabled.Affected if New user registration is enabled or lower-privileged roles are actively used.
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Inspect theme files for privilege escalation logicExamine the immiex theme files (typically in wp-content/themes/immiex/) for any code that modifies user roles, capabilities, or permission checks. Look for functions that add capabilities to user roles or alter wp_capabilities meta.Affected if The theme contains code that modifies user roles or capabilities, especially if it runs for authenticated users.
You are affected if the immiex theme version is 1.5.8 or lower AND your site has user accounts with Subscriber or Contributor roles, as the vulnerability allows these lower-privileged users to escalate to administrative access.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the theme to a version beyond 1.5.8 once a patch is released. Until then, restrict administrative access to trusted users only and monitor for unauthorized privilege escalation attempts.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-59134 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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