Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-12981Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Critical 9.8

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A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in Listee from dreamstechnologies. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Listee theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to a broken validation check in the bundled listee-core plugin's user registration function that fails to properly sanitize the user_role parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as Administrator by manipulating the user_role parameter during registration.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
dreamstechnologies	Listee	0 – through 1.1.6

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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