CVE-2025-67966
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges in the Lawyer Directory WordPress plugin due to incorrect privilege assignment. Attackers could gain administrative access to affected WordPress sites. All WordPress installations using Lawyer Directory plugin versions up to and including 1.3.3 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Lawyer Directory plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover where attackers gain full administrative control, can install backdoors, steal sensitive data, deface the site, or use it for further attacks.
Likely Case
Attackers gain elevated privileges to modify content, access user data, or install malicious plugins/themes.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper access controls, monitoring, and least privilege principles are already implemented.
🎯 Exploit Status
Privilege escalation vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins are commonly exploited. Requires some level of access to initiate.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: >1.3.3
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find Lawyer Directory plugin
4. Click 'Update Now' if update available
5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin immediately
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Lawyer Directory Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate lawyer-directory
Restrict Plugin Access
allUse WordPress security plugins to restrict access to plugin functionality
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and monitor for unusual administrative activity
- Deploy web application firewall rules to detect privilege escalation attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins → Lawyer Directory versionCheck Version:
wp plugin get lawyer-directory --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is >1.3.3 and test privilege escalation attempts fail📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual user role changes in WordPress logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful admin login from new IP
- Plugin activation/deactivation logs for Lawyer Directory
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to lawyer-directory admin endpoints from unauthorized users
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (event="user_role_changed" OR event="plugin_activated" AND plugin="lawyer-directory")