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CVE-2025-4103: WP-GeoMeta 0.3.4 - 0.3.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via wp_ajax_wpgm_start_geojson_import Function

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-05-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

The WP-GeoMeta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_wpgm_start_geojson_import() function in versions 0.3.4 to 0.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Affected products

• luminfire WP-GeoMeta: from 0.3.4 through 0.3.5

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-geometa/tags/0.3.4/lib/wp-geometa-dash.php#L896
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-geometa/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43039f2a-b3f9-4836-8b55-e8a091b1a102?source=cve

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