CVE-2025-13559
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe EduKart Pro WordPress plugin has a privilege escalation vulnerability in the edukart_pro_register_user_front_end function. This function accepts a user role parameter during registration without validating or restricting what roles can be assigned, allowing unauthenticated attackers to register as administrators by supplying the 'administrator' role.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm EduKart Pro plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'EduKart Pro' or check the plugins directory for edukart-pro folderAffected if EduKart Pro plugin is present on the WordPress site
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Check installed versionIn WordPress admin Plugins page, click on the EduKart Pro plugin to view version details. Compare against any known affected version range or assume all versions prior to patch are vulnerable if version info unavailable.Affected if Version is prior to the patched release or version cannot be determined
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Verify user registration is enabledIn WordPress admin, go to Settings > General and check 'Membership: Anyone can register' is enabledAffected if Anyone can register is enabled on the site
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Confirm registration endpoint is accessibleTry accessing the registration page used by EduKart Pro (commonly /registration or /register or the endpoint defined by the plugin's edukart_pro_register_user_front_end function)Affected if Registration endpoint responds without authentication requirement
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Check for administrator role assignmentIf registration is possible, inspect the registration form for a role parameter or hidden field. The vulnerability allows passing 'administrator' as the role value without validation.Affected if The role parameter can be manipulated or is not restricted to subscriber/limited roles
A site is affected if EduKart Pro plugin is installed, user registration is enabled, and the registration endpoint accepts unauthenticated requests with a manipulatable role parameter that can be set to administrator.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to a patched version if available; otherwise disable the plugin until a fix is released. Consider blocking or rate-limiting the registration endpoint at the web application firewall level as a temporary measure.
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