CVE-2025-14156 Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin 1.0.4.7 - 1.0.5.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'createOrder'
Unauthenticated attackers can create administrator accounts via the createOrder endpoint due to missing role validation, leading to full site compromise.
- 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-2025-14156?
CVE-2025-14156 is a critical vulnerability in ays-pro Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin, published on 15 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating the 'role' parameter when creating new users via the `/fox-lms/v1/payments/create-order` REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with arbitrary roles, including administrator, leading to complete site compromise.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14156?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14156?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14156 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14156 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9q79-wrfc-v96h.