CVE-2025-2563 in the critical feed json
User Registration & Membership < 4.1.2- Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-10866
- cvss
- 8.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 49.1%
- EPSS 49.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
- public exploits
- 1
- Metasploit, plus a Nuclei check
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
Patch / fix
- Unknown User Registration & Membership 4.1.2
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- First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/wp_user_registration_membership_escalation)
- Published
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
49.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- Metasploit exploit/multi/http/wp_user_registration_membership_escalation WP User Registration and Membership Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-2563) metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2025-03-24
- Nuclei template User Registration & Membership <= 4.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation nuclei detection template
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c0f62a1-9510-4f90-a297-17634e6c8b75/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Unknown User Registration & Membership
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/2c0f62a1-9510-4f90-a297-17634e6c8b75/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-2563
- NVD CVE-2025-2563
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