CVE-2025-1671: Academist Membership <= 1.1.6 - Authentication Bypass via Account Takeover

9.8 CVSS

Description

The Academist Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to the academist_membership_check_facebook_user() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1671

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

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

Problem Types

CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Affected Products

Vendor: Elated-Themes

Product: Academist Membership

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.97% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-30 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1671
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/911a9550-1f62-4f28-9d8c-00d9769949c9?source=cve
https://themeforest.net/item/academist-a-modern-learning-management-system-and-education-theme/22376830

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