Vulnerability in User Registration & Membership
CVE-2025-2563
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 adm…
EPSS: 0.881 (99.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Unknown User Registration & Membership — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c0f62a1-9510-4f90-a297-17634e6c8b75/ (exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-2563?
- CVE-2025-2563 is a vulnerability in User Registration & Membership, classified under CWE-639 AUTHORIZATION BYPASS THROUGH USER-CONTROLLED KEY. Published 2025-04-14.
- Is CVE-2025-2563 known to be exploited?
- 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.