CVE-2025-13542 PUBLISHED

DesignThemes LMS <= 1.0.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 22.11.2025 Published: 02.12.2025 Updated: 02.12.2025

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor DesignThemes
Product DesignThemes LMS
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 1.0.4 (incl.)

Credits

  • Ismail Syaleh finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE