WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Advanced scrollbar < 1.1.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Description

The Advanced Scrollbar – Custom Scrollbar Styling and Behavior plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
advanced-scrollbar
Fixed in 1.1.9

References

CVE
CVE-2025-49900
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de2d77f4-91eb-4e94-8847-19e125c9a0cb

Classification

Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
A2: Broken Authentication and Session Management
CWE
CWE-269
CVSS
8.8 (high)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Denver Jackson
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
48b9b759-e4a9-4893-b6d1-add7f6cef1ce

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-10-11 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-10-29 (about 11 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-10-29 (about 11 months ago)

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