PT Project Notebooks 1.0.0 - 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via wpnb_pto_new_users_add Function

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2025-5304
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	June 27, 2025
Last Updated	December 3, 2025
Researcher	kr0d

Description

The PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function in versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	project-notebooks (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	1.0.0 - 1.1.3
Patched Version	1.2.0

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