Vulnerability · Published Jun 28, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-5304PT Project Notebooks 1.0.0 - 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via wpnb_pto_new_users_add Function
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity missing authorization in PT Project Notebooks – Take Meeting minutes, create budgets, track task management, and more from blafoley. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function in versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| blafoley | PT Project Notebooks – Take Meeting minutes, create budgets, track task management, and more | 1.0.0 – through 1.1.3 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/552ec9fc-5bff-4bee-be04-39892c89cd59?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/project-notebooks/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L233
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/project-notebooks/tags/1.1.3/includes/structure/admin/pto_admin_settings.php#L36