Vulnerability · Published Dec 2, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-13542DesignThemes LMS <= 1.0.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Critical 9.8

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A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in DesignThemes LMS from DesignThemes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
DesignThemes	DesignThemes LMS	0 – through 1.0.4

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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