---
id: CVE-2025-6038
title: >-
  The Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress
  theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password
  update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0
summary: >-
  The Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress
  theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password
  update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin
  no…
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-639
published: '2025-10-09'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T13:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6038'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://themeforest.net/item/lisfinity-classified-ads-wordpress-theme/26342611
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a3cd1c3e-5bb0-4653-8764-2ca38d9a7c77?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00321
epssPercentile: 0.23141
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T13:42:55.034Z'
---

## Overview

The Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password update in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including those of administrators.

## Remediation

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