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GHSA-28C2-5WC6-J4HM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-05 03:31 – Updated: 2026-05-05 03:31

Details

The Mentoring plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles that users can register with in the mentoring_process_registration() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register with administrator-level user accounts.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

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  "modified": "2026-05-05T03:31:41Z",
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CVE-2025-13618 (GCVE-0-2025-13618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-05 02:26 – Updated: 2026-05-05 12:38

Title

Mentoring <= 1.2.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in mentoring_process_registration

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Wordfence

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://themeforest.net/item/mentoring-education-…
https://mentoring-wp.dreamsmarketplace.com/docume…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
dreamstechnologies	Mentoring	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.8 (semver)

Credits

Ismail Syaleh

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GHSA-28C2-5WC6-J4HM

CVE-2025-13618 (GCVE-0-2025-13618)

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