CVE-2025-13618 Mentoring <= 1.2.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in mentoring_process_registration
Unauthenticated attackers can register as administrators due to improper role restriction in the Mentoring plugin registration process.
- 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-2025-13618?
CVE-2025-13618 is a critical vulnerability in dreamstechnologies Mentoring, published on 5 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Mentoring plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles that users can register with in the mentoring_process_registration() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register with administrator-level user accounts.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13618?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13618?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13618 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-13618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-28c2-5wc6-j4hm.