---
id: CVE-2025-6042
title: >-
  The Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress
  theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation 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 in all
  versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin assigning the
  editor r…
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
published: '2025-10-15'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T12:10:00.217'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6042'
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/afffd5e2-798b-42b5-b0b9-ac7d6d06edbb?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00228
epssPercentile: 0.1252
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.415Z'
---

## Overview

The Lisfinity Core - Lisfinity Core plugin used for pebas® Lisfinity WordPress theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. This is due to the plugin assigning the editor role by default. While limitations with respect to capabilities are put in place, use of the API is not restricted. This vulnerability can be leveraged together with CVE-2025-6038 to obtain admin privileges.

## Remediation

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