CVE-2025-9539

Published: Sep 9, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

8.0

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.1 / Impact: 5.9

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the automatorwp_ajax_import_automation_from_url function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary automations, which can lead to Remote Code Execution or Privilege escalation once such automation is activated by the administrator

Related CWEs

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References (2)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatorwp/tags/5.3.6/includes/admin/pages/import-automation.php#L386

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9efa04ca-68c8-4221-a3d9-cf75010d2266?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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