Privilege escalation in WPC Admin Columns plugin for WordPress



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-3418
CWE-ID CWE-269
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 WPC Admin Columns
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor WPclever.net

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Improper privilege management

EUVDB-ID: #VU107591

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3418

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin not properly restricting user meta values that can be updated through the ajax_edit_save() function. A remote user can escalate privileges.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WPC Admin Columns: 2.0.6 - 2.1.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3269302/wpc-admin-columns/trunk/includes/class-backend.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6145e2d7-c917-4814-a13e-6d34088cb784?source=cve


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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