CVE-2025-2563
User Registration & Membership < 4.1.2- Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
- Published
- Apr 14, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- WPScan
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.9%
- Model date
- Oct 15, 2026
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Summary
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 4.1.2 does not prevent users to set their account role when the Membership Addon is enabled, leading to a privilege escalation issue and allowing unauthenticated users to gain admin privileges
Sources
modules/exploits/multi/http/wp_user_registration_membership_escalation.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Linux,PHP,Unix,Windows($.exploit_multi/http/wp_user_registration_membership_escalation.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_multi/http/wp_user_registration_membership_escalation.check)
http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-2563.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: word($.matchers[*].type)
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