CVE-2025-12981
Unauthenticated admin registration in Listee WordPress theme up to 1.1.6.
Is CVE-2025-12981 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-12981 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.57% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-12981?
CVE-2025-12981 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-12981?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-12981. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-12981 affect?
CVE-2025-12981 affects Listee WordPress theme <= 1.1.6, listee-core plugin <= 1.1.6, WordPress sites using Listee. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-12981?
Upgrade to patched version or remove vulnerable Listee theme
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated users can set user_role=Administrator during signup, gaining full admin access.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 1.1.6
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.