CVE-2025-6254 | The Doctreat Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Priv… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

The Doctreat Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.8. This is due to the doctreat_process_registration() function not properly restricting the roles that a user can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator user.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-6254
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2025-06-18 19:57 UTC
Published: 2026-06-10 08:28 UTC
Last updated: 2026-06-10 14:38 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-269
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Vendor / Product: AmentoTech / Doctreat Core
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

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
AmentoTech	Doctreat Core	—	0 ≤ 1.6.8

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)