Subscriber-to-Administrator escalation via unchecked REST role update
Published Apr 4, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Privilege escalation in Uncanny Owl's Uncanny Automator 6.3.0.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain Administrator access. The async_action REST endpoint's validate_rest_call() accepts action metadata without a capability check, letting add_role() and user_role() apply an attacker-selected role. A subscriber-level account is required; successful exploitation grants full administrative control of the WordPress site.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Uncanny Owl's Uncanny Automator 6.3.0.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain Administrator access. The async_action REST endpoint's validate_rest_call() accepts action metadata without a capability check, letting add_role() and user_role() apply an attacker-selected role. A subscriber-level account is required; successful exploitation grants full administrative control of the WordPress site.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2075
- Published
- Apr 4, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Uncanny Owl
- Product
- Uncanny Automator
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=6.3.0.2
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Reported exploitation
- Wordfence blocked attacks targeting CVE-2025-2075reported exploitation
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