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CVE-2025-5953

HIGH 8.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
July 4, 2025
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-862
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the ajax_insert_employee() and update_empoyee() functions in versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. The AJAX handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['role'] and, after basic cleaning via hrm_clean(), passes it directly to wp_insert_user() and later to $user->set_role() without verifying that the current user is allowed to assign that role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employee-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to administrator.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • asaquzzaman WP Human Resource Management — From 2.0.0 (including) to 2.2.17 (including)
  • mishubd wp_human_resource_management — From 2.0.0 (including) to 2.2.17 (including)

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L543 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L591 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L89 Product
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/hrm/#developers Release Notes
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ba33a18-429f-4a3e-b018-bdfbbe6e8482?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record