Privilege escalation in Dreamstechnologies Doccure Core
CVE-2025-8900
The Doccure Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and excluding, 1.5.4. This is due to the plugin allowing users who are registering new accounts to set their own role or by supplying 'user_type' field. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by creating an account with the administrator role.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Dreamstechnologies Doccure Core — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-8900?
- CVE-2025-8900 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dreamstechnologies Doccure Core, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-11-03.
- How severe is CVE-2025-8900?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.