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Privilege Escalation in Doctreat Core WordPress Plugin Registration

IdentifiersCVE-2025-6254CWE-269· Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2025-6254 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Doctreat Core plugin for WordPress affecting all versions up to and including 1.6.8. The flaw is caused by the doctreat_process_registration() function failing to properly restrict or validate the role assigned during user registration. Because role selection is not adequately constrained, an unauthenticated attacker can submit a registration request that results in creation of a user account with administrator privileges.

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Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to create an administrator account on the affected WordPress site. This can lead to full site compromise, including unauthorized access to administrative functionality, modification of site content and configuration, installation of malicious plugins or themes, access to sensitive data stored in WordPress, and potential disruption of site availability.

Mitigation

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Until a patched version is deployed, disable public user registration paths provided by the Doctreat Core plugin if possible. Restrict or remove the vulnerable registration functionality, monitor for unexpected newly created administrator accounts, review user-role assignments for unauthorized changes, and remove any suspicious accounts. If operationally feasible, disable the plugin temporarily to eliminate exposure.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Update the Doctreat Core plugin to a version newer than 1.6.8 once a vendor fix is available. The vulnerable registration logic in doctreat_process_registration() must be corrected so that user-supplied role values cannot result in privileged account creation and only explicitly allowed low-privilege roles can be assigned during self-registration.
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