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.
Published: 2025-03-01
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Privilege Escalation (Authentication Bypass)
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-5896 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.
History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 01 Mar 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Academist Membership <= 1.1.6 - Authentication Bypass via Account Takeover
Weaknesses CWE-288
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:06:54.805Z

Reserved: 2025-02-24T21:51:36.610Z

Link: CVE-2025-1671

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-03T20:55:29.221Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-03-01T08:15:34.320

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-1671

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-21T22:15:45Z

Weaknesses