Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-13542

Description

The DesignThemes LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4. This is due to the 'dtlms_register_user_front_end' 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.

Affected products

WordPress/Lms Plugininferred
Range: <=1.0.4
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/lms-plugin

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

themeforest.net/item/egrad-education-wordpress-theme/42803015nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c880470f-3f81-47a2-b450-7074410e9f43nvd

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