CVE-2025-23530

WordPress Custom Post Type Lockdown plugin <= 1.11 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation vulnerability

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: January 16, 2025 at 08:06 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:55 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorCustom Post Type Lockdown

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Yonatan Reinberg of Social Ink Custom Post Type Lockdown allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Custom Post Type Lockdown: from n/a through 1.11.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Custom Post Type Lockdown · Yonisinkwordpress-plugin

60%

v ≤ 1.11

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Source: [email protected]

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/custom-post-type-lockdown/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-post-type-lockdown-plugin-1-11-csrf-to-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

VDB Entry

Source: cverecord

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/custom-post-type-lockdown/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-post-type-lockdown-plugin-1-11-csrf-to-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHPatchstack

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-352

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