Cory Marsh has over 20 years Internet security experience. He is a lead developer on the BitFire project and regularly releases PHP security and programming videos on BitFire's you tube channel.
SureTriggers is designed to simplify automation in WordPress, but a recent security flaw revealed just how complex privilege management must be. In versions up to and including 1.0.82, the plugin suffers from an incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to escalate their access to administrator level. While a fix has been issued, BitFire provides a preventive solution that stops privilege tampering at runtime before any changes can be committed.
"SureTriggers is an automation platform for WordPress that connects various plugins and third-party services to create workflows, webhooks, and user-triggered automations without custom coding."
Trigger actions based on form entries, user logins, and more
Integrate with popular plugins like LearnDash, WooCommerce, and Elementor
Supports conditional logic, webhooks, and REST API endpoints
an efficient alternative for users who are unable to utilize Redis or Memcached servers.
BitFire's 0-day protection of CVE-2025-27007 vulnerability
The Gory Details
The vulnerability in SureTriggers arises from a lack of proper validation around role assignment. Versions up to 1.0.82 fail to enforce adequate permission checks when assigning capabilities to user accounts. This allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit endpoint logic and create new accounts with administrative privileges. The vulnerability requires no authentication or user interaction and is accessible over the network, earning it a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
Mitigating the Risk
The vendor has released version 1.0.83, which resolves the issue by correcting access control logic during role assignment. Website owners are strongly encouraged to update immediately and review existing user accounts for unauthorized administrative access that may have occurred prior to the patch.
Why BitFire?
BitFire’s Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) engine continuously monitors critical database operations such as account creation and role modifications. It blocks any attempt to escalate privileges or create administrative users unless the session is already authenticated as an administrator. This real-time enforcement ensures that even if application logic fails, privilege boundaries remain intact.
The Bottom Line
Incorrect privilege assignment remains a high-impact class of vulnerability in WordPress plugins. Left unmonitored, it can lead to full site compromise. BitFire adds a critical layer of defense by enforcing privilege-based policies at runtime, giving administrators assurance that unauthorized access attempts will be stopped before they result in persistent compromise.
