CVE-2025-13538 FindAll Listing <= 1.0.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Unauthenticated attackers can gain administrator access by supplying the administrator role during registration if the FindAll Membership plugin is active.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13538?
CVE-2025-13538 is a critical vulnerability in Elated Themes FindAll Listing, published on 27 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The FindAll Listing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This is due to the 'findall_listing_user_registration_additional_params' 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. Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited if the FindAll Membership plugin is also activated, because user registration is in that plugin.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13538?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13538?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-13538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hrc3-jgr4-pmr3.