Privilege escalation in Edge-Themes Urbango Membership
CVE-2025-3278
The UrbanGo Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.0.4. This is due to the plugin allowing users who are registering new accounts to set their own role or by supplying 'user_register_role' field. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by creating an account with the administrator role.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.005 (42.1th 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
- Edge-themes Urbango Membership — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-3278?
- CVE-2025-3278 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Edge-Themes Urbango Membership, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-04-19.
- How severe is CVE-2025-3278?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.