What is CVE-2025-14397?

CVE-2025-14397 is a high-severity vulnerability in Franciscopalacios Postem Ipsum, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-14397?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Franciscopalacios Postem Ipsum

CVE-2025-14397

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (16.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Franciscopalacios Postem Ipsum — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14397?: CVE-2025-14397 is a high-severity vulnerability in Franciscopalacios Postem Ipsum, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-14397?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.