CVE-2025-2253 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-2253: IMITHEMES Listing <= 3.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Unverified Password Reset

Vendor Imithemes
Product IMITHEMES Listing
Weakness CWE-620 · Unverified password change
Published May 9, 2025
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The IMITHEMES Listing plugin is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a verification code value prior to updating their password through the imic_reset_password_init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change any user's passwords, including administrators if the users email is known.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 9, 2025 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated