Risk Profile
8.8
CVSS Score
Vulnerability Report
Plugin
High
No patch listed
CVE-2025-5953
WP Human Resource Management 2.0.0 - 2.2.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Employee+) Privilege Escalation via wp_ajax_hrm_insert_employee AJAX Action
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.
Quick Answer
CVE-2025-5953 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin WP Human Resource Management. It affects 2.0.0 through 2.2.17 and is listed without a confirmed patched release.
Published
Jul 03, 2025
Last Updated
Jul 04, 2025
Slug
hrm
Patch Status
No patched release listed
Remediation
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Operator Briefing
CVE-2025-5953 is tracked for the Plugin WP Human Resource Management as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. No fixed release is listed in this feed entry, so operators should monitor the vendor and reference links before accepting the risk.
Issue Type
Privilege Escalation
Primary Fixed Version
Not published
Primary Affected Range
2.0.0 through 2.2.17
Tracking ID
CVE-2025-5953
Detailed Metadata
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | |
| CVE | CVE-2025-5953 |
| Patched Versions |
No patched versions published.
|
| Affected Versions |
2.0.0 through 2.2.17
|
Related CVE Cluster
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