CVE-2025-8899
WordPress plugin Privilege Escalation via registration form.
Is CVE-2025-8899 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-8899 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 0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-8899?
CVE-2025-8899 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. 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-2025-8899?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-8899, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2025-8899 affect?
CVE-2025-8899 affects Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams plugin for WordPress (versions <= 7.3.20). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-8899?
Upgrade to patched version when available; audit registrations; restrict admin roles.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated users with Author+ can create or promote an admin account via the plugin's registration form, enabling full site takeover.
Patch when possible
- affected<= 7.3.20
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.