CVE-2025-2594: unknown user registration & membership
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-2594 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in unknown user registration & membership. EPSS estimates a 9.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 4.1.3.
Timeline
- 22-04-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 27-08-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 does not properly validate data in an AJAX action when the Membership Addon is enabled, allowing attackers to authenticate as any user, including administrators, by simply using the target account's user ID.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- wordfenceSource8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
9.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.08 pp
From 9.44% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
WordPress User Registration & Membership Plugin 4.1.2 - Authentication Bypass
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
- user-registration≤ 4.1.2 (fixed in 4.1.3)
Wpeverest1 product
- user_registration_\&_membership< 4.1.3 | < 5.1.3
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/1c1be47a-d5c0-4ac1-b9fd-475b382a7d8f/ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory