CVE-2025-54049
WordPress Custom API for WP <= 4.2.2 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in miniOrange Custom API for WP custom-api-for-wp allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Custom API for WP: from n/a through <= 4.2.2.
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
WordPress Custom API for WP <= 4.2.2 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in miniOrange Custom API for WP custom-api-for-wp allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Custom API for WP: from n/a through <= 4.2.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-54049- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-25821
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in miniOrange Custom API for WP custom-api-for-wp allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Custom API for WP: from n/a through <= 4.2.2.
- Record
EUVD-2025-25821- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m962-5xwp-rgv9
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in miniOrange Custom API for WP allows Privilege...
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in miniOrange Custom API for WP allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Custom API for WP: from n/a through 4.2.2.
- Record
GHSA-m962-5xwp-rgv9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in miniOrange Custom API for WP custom-api-for-wp allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Custom API for WP: from n/a through <= 4.2.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-54049- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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-2025-54049 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Miniorange Custom Api For Wp, published August 20, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/custom-api-for-wp/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-api-for-wp-4-2-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54049
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m962-5xwp-rgv9