CVE-2025-14156 (GCVE-0-2025-14156)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-15 14:25 – Updated: 2025-12-15 14:50
VLAI
Title
Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin 1.0.4.7 - 1.0.5.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'createOrder'
Summary
The Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating the 'role' parameter when creating new users via the `/fox-lms/v1/payments/create-order` REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with arbitrary roles, including administrator, leading to complete site compromise.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-15 14:49 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2287 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ays-pro Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin Affected: 1.0.4.7 , ≤ 1.0.5.1 (semver)
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Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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