# CVE-2025-2253

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-2253
- **Severity:** CRITICAL
- **CVSS Score:** 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-620
- **Published:** May 9, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 12, 2026

## Description

The IMITHEMES Listing plugin is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a verification code value prior to updating their password through the imic_reset_password_init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change any user's passwords, including administrators if the users email is known.

## Affected Products

- imithemes — IMITHEMES Listing (*)

## References

- [CNA](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ed0ea4a-9cbf-4033-a31f-6cb954e8ce01?source=cve)
- [CNA](https://themeforest.net/item/auto-stars-car-dealership-listings-wp-theme/11560490)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.80%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 54.4

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._