FKIE_CVE-2025-5304

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-28 06:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:47
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function in versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L233Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L36Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/project-notebooks/#developersProduct
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/552ec9fc-5bff-4bee-be04-39892c89cd59?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ptoffice pt_project_notebooks *
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          "product": "PT Project Notebooks \u2013 Take Meeting minutes, create budgets, track task management, and more",
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    }
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:47:38.827",
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}



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