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8.8
Starfish Review Plugin Allows Attackers to Gain Administrator Access
CVE-2025-15157
Summary
The Starfish Review Generation & Marketing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized changes. An attacker with a basic account can update settings to allow anyone to create an administrator account, giving them full control over the website. To fix this, update the plugin to the latest version or remove it if you're not using it.
Original title
The Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability ch...
Original description
The Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'srm_restore_options_defaults' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
nvd CVSS3.1
8.8
Vulnerability type
CWE-862
Missing Authorization
Published: 13 Feb 2026 · Updated: 10 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026