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Public proof of concept

CVE-2025-5701

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-06-05
  • WeaknessCWE-862

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Description

The HyperComments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the hc_request_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-06-0512:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

Products declared by the CNA

As Wordfence, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written. NVD lists no product for this CVE yet: this is the only product data so far.

  • siteheart HyperCommentsother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • ≤ 1.2.2no fix statedsemver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-04-08

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2025-5701 yet.

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Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-01 01:02 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2025-06-05
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Deferred
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-v36x-3fmp-47fp

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5701?

The HyperComments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the hc_request_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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.

Is CVE-2025-5701 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-5701 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.2% on 2026-11-07, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-5701?

CVE-2025-5701 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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