Vulnerability · Published Feb 13, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-15157Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress <= 3.1.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update via srm_restore_options_defaults

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity missing authorization in Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress from starfishwp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'srm_restore_options_defaults' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
starfishwp Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress 0 – through 3.1.19

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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