CVE-2025-13542 | The DesignThemes LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to P… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

The DesignThemes LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4. This is due to the 'dtlms_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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-13542
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2025-11-22 13:49 UTC
Published: 2025-12-02 19:27 UTC
Last updated: 2026-04-08 17:21 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-269
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Vendor / Product: DesignThemes / DesignThemes LMS
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

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Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: partial

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
DesignThemes	DesignThemes LMS	—	0 ≤ 1.0.4

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-269	cna	CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)