Projectopia <= 5.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation via pto_reset_password()

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9.8
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-54336
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published December 11, 2024
Last Updated December 19, 2024
Researcher stealthcopter

Description

The Projectopia – WordPress Project Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover via the pto_reset_password function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privilege level and gain access to administrator accounts.

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Vulnerability Details for Projectopia – Project Management Tool

Projectopia – Project Management Tool

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug projectopia-core (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.1.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.1.7
Patched Version
  • 5.1.8

Recent vulnerabilities in Projectopia – Project Management Tool

Projectopia – WordPress Project Management <= 5.1.19 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion
5.3
CVE-2025-12876
Dec 4, 2025
Researcher: Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)
Projectopia <= 5.1.22 - Authenticated (Custom+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
4.3
CVE-2025-59133
Dec 2, 2025
Researcher: Abdulsamad Yusuf (0xVenus)
Projectopia <= 5.1.17 - Missing Authorization
4.3
CVE-2025-48257
May 19, 2025
Researcher: 0xd4rk5id3
Projectopia &#8211; WordPress Project Management <= 5.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Deletion
8.1
CVE-2025-3952
Apr 30, 2025
Researcher: Chuck
Projectopia <= 5.1.25.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
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CVE-2025-32648
Apr 14, 2025
Researcher: astra.r3verii
Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
6.1
CVE-2023-33999
Jul 18, 2023
Researcher: Rafie Muhammad
# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Projectopia – WordPress Project Management <= 5.1.19 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion CVE-2025-12876 5.3 Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada) December 4, 2025
2 Projectopia <= 5.1.22 - Authenticated (Custom+) Insecure Direct Object Reference CVE-2025-59133 4.3 Abdulsamad Yusuf (0xVenus) December 2, 2025
3 Projectopia <= 5.1.17 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-48257 4.3 0xd4rk5id3 May 19, 2025
4 Projectopia &#8211; WordPress Project Management <= 5.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Deletion CVE-2025-3952 8.1 Chuck April 30, 2025
5 Projectopia <= 5.1.25.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover CVE-2025-32648 9.8 astra.r3verii April 14, 2025
6 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get CVE-2023-33999 6.1 Rafie Muhammad July 18, 2023
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