Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Mentoring Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-13618

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Mentoring
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 May 2026

What is CVE-2025-13618?

The Mentoring plugin for WordPress exhibits a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper role restrictions in the mentoring_process_registration() function. This flaw allows unauthenticated users to register as administrators, compromising the site's integrity. All versions up to and including 1.2.8 are affected, posing a significant risk if exploited. Administrators are advised to update to the latest version to mitigate this security concern.

Affected Version(s)

Mentoring 0 <= 1.2.8

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themeforest.net/item/mentoring-education-wordpres...
https://mentoring-wp.dreamsmarketplace.com/documentation/...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ismail Syaleh
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