CVE-2025-13559
📋 TL;DR
The EduKart Pro WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to register accounts with administrator privileges due to improper role validation. This affects all WordPress sites using EduKart Pro version 1.0.3 or earlier. Attackers can gain full administrative control of vulnerable WordPress installations.
💻 Affected Systems
- EduKart Pro WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover with attacker gaining administrator access, installing backdoors, defacing content, stealing data, and compromising the entire WordPress installation and potentially the server.
Likely Case
Attackers create administrator accounts to deface websites, inject malicious code, steal sensitive data, or use the site for phishing campaigns.
If Mitigated
With proper monitoring and detection, unauthorized administrator account creation can be detected and blocked before significant damage occurs.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires sending a specially crafted registration request with administrator role parameter. No authentication or special skills needed.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.4 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/edit-edukart-online-courses-education-lms-theme/52094805
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find EduKart Pro plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable User Registration
allTemporarily disable user registration functionality in WordPress settings
Remove Plugin
allDeactivate and delete the EduKart Pro plugin
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block registration requests containing 'administrator' role parameter
- Monitor user registration logs for suspicious administrator account creations and implement immediate alerting
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for EduKart Pro version 1.0.3 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name=edukart-pro --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify EduKart Pro plugin is updated to version 1.0.4 or later, or confirm plugin is removed from the system📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual user registrations with administrator role
- Multiple registration attempts from single IP
- New administrator accounts created outside normal business hours
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to registration endpoints with 'administrator' role parameter
- Unusual traffic patterns to user registration pages
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "user_registered" AND ("administrator" OR "role=administrator")