Privilege escalation in Metagauss Registrationmagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, And Login

CVE-2025-15403

The RegistrationMagic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.7.1. This is due to the 'add_menu' function is accessible via the 'rm_user_exists' AJAX action and allows arbitrary updates to the 'admin_order' setting. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to injecting an empty slug into the order parameter, and manipulate the plugin's menu generation logic, and when the admin menu is subsequently built, the plugin adds 'manage_options' capability for the target role. Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited unauthenticated, but further privilege escalation requires at least a subscriber user.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-15403?
CVE-2025-15403 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Registrationmagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, And Login, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-15403?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-15403 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.