CVE-2025-67956
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the WordPress User Registration plugin that allows attackers to bypass access controls. It affects all versions up to and including 4.4.6, potentially enabling unauthorized access to administrative functions or user data.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress User Registration plugin by WPEverest
⚠️ 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
Attackers could gain administrative privileges, modify user accounts, access sensitive registration data, or compromise the entire WordPress site.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users accessing restricted functionality, viewing/modifying user registration data, or performing actions reserved for higher privilege levels.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper network segmentation, strong authentication, and minimal user privileges.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires some level of access but doesn't need admin credentials. Attackers can leverage the broken access control once they have any user account.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 4.4.7 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'User Registration' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download version 4.4.7+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin until patching is possible
wp plugin deactivate user-registration
Access Restriction via .htaccess
linuxRestrict access to plugin directories
# Add to .htaccess in wp-content/plugins/user-registration/
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit who can reach the WordPress admin interface
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for unauthorized access attempts to user registration functions
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > User Registration plugin version. If version is 4.4.6 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get user-registration --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 4.4.7 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to user registration endpoints
- Unexpected user privilege changes
- Suspicious activity in wp-admin/user-registration paths
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with user-registration actions
- Requests bypassing normal authentication flows
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND parameters CONTAINS "user-registration") AND NOT user_role="administrator"