CVE-2025-48142
WordPress Bookify <= 1.0.9 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Bookify bookify allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Bookify: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.8
WordPress Bookify <= 1.0.9 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Bookify bookify allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Bookify: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.
- Record
CVE-2025-48142- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-28143
8.8
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Bookify bookify allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Bookify: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.
- Record
EUVD-2025-28143- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8jrc-fqxp-mfrg
8.8
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Bookify allows Privilege Escalation....
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Bookify allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Bookify: from n/a through 1.0.9.
- Record
GHSA-8jrc-fqxp-mfrg- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.8
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Bookify bookify allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Bookify: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.
- Record
CVE-2025-48142- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-48142 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Saad Iqbal Bookify, published August 20, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/bookify/vulnerability/wordpress-bookify-1-0-9-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48142
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/bookify/vulnerability/wordpress-bookify-1-0-9-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8jrc-fqxp-mfrg