---
id: CVE-2025-14397
title: >-
  The Postem Ipsum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of data to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check
  on the postem_ipsum_generate_users() function in all versions up to, and
  including, 3.0.1.…
summary: >-
  The Postem Ipsum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of data to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check
  on the postem_ipsum_generate_users() function in all versions up to, and
  including, 3.0.1.…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2025-12-13'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T20:10:01.970'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14397'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/postem-ipsum/trunk/admin/postem-ipsum-admin.php#L1150
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/229c146d-3f99-4f63-9a6f-997075846815?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00284
epssPercentile: 0.19059
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.931Z'
---

## Overview

The Postem Ipsum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the postem_ipsum_generate_users() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary user accounts with the administrator role.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.