CVE-2025-8900 Doccure Core < 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Unauthenticated attackers can gain administrator privileges by setting their own role during account registration in the Doccure Core plugin.
- 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-2025-8900?
CVE-2025-8900 is a critical vulnerability in dreamstechnologies Doccure Core, published on 3 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Doccure Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and excluding, 1.5.4. This is due to the plugin allowing users who are registering new accounts to set their own role or by supplying 'user_type' field. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by creating an account with the administrator role.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8900?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8900 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-8900 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8900 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x4c6-9vq7-8hcm.