Simple Business Directory Pro < 15.6.9 — Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-53580Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <15.6.9Update to 15.6.9 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Simple Business Directory Pro simple-business-directory-pro
- Affected< 15.6.9
- Patched in15.6.9
Update to 15.6.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 15.6.9. Version 15.6.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Simple Business Directory Pro.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 15.6.9, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Simple Business Directory Pro to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to João Pedro Soares de Alcântara.
The Simple Business Directory Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to 15.6.9 (exclusive). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Simple Business Directory Pro
All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection ≤15.9.4Update to 15.9.5 | CVE-2026-57707 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤15.5.1Update to 15.5.2 | CVE-2025-48162 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation <15.6.9Update to 15.6.9 | CVE-2025-31918 |
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤15.9.4Update to 15.9.5
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤15.5.1Update to 15.5.2
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
<15.6.9Update to 15.6.9
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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