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CVE-2025-12981

9.8 · CRITICAL

The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6.

Published Feb 27, 2026CWE-269EPSS 0.60%

Overview

CVE-2025-12981 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 27, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to a broken validation check in the bundled listee-core plugin's user registration function that fails to properly sanitize the user_role parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Reflistee-wp.dreamstechnologies.com/documentation/changelog.htmlRefthemeforest.net/item/listee-classified-ads-wordpress-theme/44526956Refthemes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/listee/1.1.5/listee-core/includes/listee-core-users.php#L928Refwww.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d534feae-d1b7-4544-b1c5-c23f37dd5bab?source=cve

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12981?

CVE-2025-12981 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 27, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

How severe is CVE-2025-12981?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-12981?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-12981?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2025-12981 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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