CVE-2025-6038
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 · uneditedThe Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including those of administrators.
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 · high confidenceThe Lisfinity Core WordPress plugin fails to validate user authorization before allowing password updates, enabling authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level permissions to reset passwords for any user account including administrators. This creates a complete privilege escalation path from the lowest privilege role to full administrative control.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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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Confirm Lisfinity Core plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Lisfinity Core' in the installed plugins list, or check the wp-content/plugins directory for a folder named 'lisfinity-core'Affected if The plugin is installed and active
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Lisfinity Core and read the version number from the plugin details. Alternatively, check the main plugin file header in wp-content/plugins/lisfinity-core/ for the 'Version' commentAffected if Version is present but lower than 1.4.1
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Verify user registration is enabledIn WordPress admin > Settings > General, check the box labeled 'Anyone can register' and verify the 'New User Default Role' is set to 'Subscriber'Affected if User registration is enabled with Subscriber as the default role
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Check for existing Subscriber-level accountsIn WordPress admin > Users, filter or search for users with the 'Subscriber' role. Count how many Subscriber accounts existAffected if At least one Subscriber-level user account exists in the system
The environment is affected if Lisfinity Core plugin version is below 1.4.1, user registration is enabled, and Subscriber-role accounts exist, allowing a low-privilege user to reset administrator passwords.
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 plugin to version 1.4.1 or later which implements proper authorization validation before password changes. Until patched, consider disabling user registration or restricting the Subscriber role.
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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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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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