CVE-2025-15157
Privilege Escalation in Starfish WordPress Plugin via Missing Capability Check
Publication date: 2026-02-13
Last updated on: 2026-02-13
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| starfish_review | starfish_review_generation_and_marketing | to 3.1.19 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-862 | The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The Starfish Review Generation & Marketing plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability due to a missing capability check in the 'srm_restore_options_defaults' function in all versions up to and including 3.1.19.
This flaw allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to modify arbitrary options on the WordPress site.
Attackers can exploit this to change the default user role for new registrations to administrator and enable user registration, thereby gaining administrative access to the site.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can lead to privilege escalation, allowing attackers with low-level access to gain full administrative control over the WordPress site.
With administrative access, attackers can modify site settings, add or remove users, and potentially compromise the entire website.
Such control can result in data breaches, defacement, or other malicious activities impacting the site's integrity and availability.
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