CVE-2025-23530: WordPress Custom Post Type Lockdown plugin <= 1.11 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in yonisink Custom Post Type Lockdown custom-post-type-lockdown allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Custom Post Type Lockdown: from n/a through <= 1.11.

Affected products

yonisink Custom Post Type Lockdown: through 1.11

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/custom-post-type-lockdown/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-post-type-lockdown-plugin-1-11-csrf-to-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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