CVE-2025-13618: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in dreamstechnologies Mentoring
The Mentoring plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.2.8, contains a critical privilege escalation vulnerability. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to register accounts with administrator-level privileges due to improper restriction of user roles during registration. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) and has a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-13618 is a critical vulnerability in the dreamstechnologies Mentoring WordPress plugin that allows unauthenticated users to escalate privileges by registering with administrator roles. The issue arises from the mentoring_process_registration() function failing to properly restrict the roles assignable during user registration. This enables attackers to gain full administrative control over affected WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the plugin.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in complete compromise of the affected WordPress site, including full administrative access. This can lead to unauthorized data access, site defacement, malware installation, or further attacks on the hosting environment. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.2.8 of the Mentoring plugin.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, it is recommended to disable or uninstall the Mentoring plugin to prevent exploitation. Monitor official channels from dreamstechnologies for updates and apply patches promptly once available.
CVE-2025-13618: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in dreamstechnologies Mentoring
Description
The Mentoring plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.2.8, contains a critical privilege escalation vulnerability. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to register accounts with administrator-level privileges due to improper restriction of user roles during registration. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) and has a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-13618 is a critical vulnerability in the dreamstechnologies Mentoring WordPress plugin that allows unauthenticated users to escalate privileges by registering with administrator roles. The issue arises from the mentoring_process_registration() function failing to properly restrict the roles assignable during user registration. This enables attackers to gain full administrative control over affected WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the plugin.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in complete compromise of the affected WordPress site, including full administrative access. This can lead to unauthorized data access, site defacement, malware installation, or further attacks on the hosting environment. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.2.8 of the Mentoring plugin.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, it is recommended to disable or uninstall the Mentoring plugin to prevent exploitation. Monitor official channels from dreamstechnologies for updates and apply patches promptly once available.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-11-24T19:59:15.187Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69f95b2ccbff5d8610879555
Added to database: 5/5/2026, 2:51:24 AM
Last enriched: 5/12/2026, 6:29:03 AM
Last updated: 6/18/2026, 6:59:17 PM
Views: 63
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