Mentoring <= 1.2.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in mentoring_process_registration
Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00336 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dreamstechnologies | Mentoring | up to 1.2.8 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Mentoring Vendordreamstechnologies Affected up to 1.2.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13618
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-28c2-5wc6-j4hm
References
More dreamstechnologies vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-11891 Listee <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-09833 Truelysell Core <= 1.8.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-08355 Doccure Core <= 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-08356 Doccure <= 1.5.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-08148 Doccure Core < 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-07850 Truelysell Core <= 1.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-13618 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13618 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-28c2-5wc6-j4hm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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