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
- Sep 21, 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
4- CVE-2025-2563Exploit
Multi-threaded exploit for CVE-2025-2563 targeting unauthenticated privilege escalation in the WordPress User Registration & Membership plugin. Automates anonymous registration, nonce abuse, and administrator role takeover.
- CVE-2025-2563Exploit
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
CVE-2025-2563 PoC
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