CVE-2025-13538

Description

The FindAll Listing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This is due to the 'findall_listing_user_registration_additional_params' function not restricting what user roles a user can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'administrator' role during registration and gain administrator access to the site. Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited if the FindAll Membership plugin is also activated, because user registration is in that plugin.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

9.8

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

FindAll Listing plugin < 1.0.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

POST /wp-login.php?action=register
role=administrator

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13538
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13538
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-13538/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-13538
[5] https://themeforest.net/item/findall-business-directory-theme/24415962
[6] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/14981949-271c-4f98-a6a1-b00619f1436d?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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