Incorrect Privilege AssignmentWeakness · CWE-266

CVE-2025-59134

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-18
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
Incorrect 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 confidence

This 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.

MitigationUpdate 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.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify immiex theme version
    Navigate 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.
  2. Verify lower-privileged user accounts exist
    Go 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.
  3. Confirm user role configuration
    Navigate 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.
  4. Inspect theme files for privilege escalation logic
    Examine 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.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update 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.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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