Critical 9.3
KEV-listed
CVE-2025-32463
BrunnerCTF: WordPress to Root Writeup
Vendor / product: WordPress, sudo
Public PoC: Yes
First tracked by RiskWire: 2026-08-23
CISA KEV catalog
Added to KEV
Federal remediation due
2025-10-20 (335 days overdue)
Ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CISA description
Sudo contains an inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow local attacker to leverage sudo’s -R (--chroot) option to run arbitrary commands as root, even if they are not listed in the sudoers file.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Sources & citations (1)
- BrunnerCTF : WordPressed to Root Writeup dev.to · 2026-08-23
References
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