CVE-2025-4103 – WordPress WP-GeoMeta Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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CVE-2025-4103 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    May. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The WP-GeoMeta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_wpgm_start_geojson_import() function in versions 0.3.4 to 0.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-285
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-geometa/tags/0.3.4/lib/wp-geometa-dash.php#L896
    Added Reference https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-geometa/#developers
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43039f2a-b3f9-4836-8b55-e8a091b1a102?source=cve
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