CVE-2025-13618
CriticalSummary
The Mentoring plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to and including 1.2.8. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles that users can register with in the mentoring_process_registration() function.
Risk Assessment
Unauthenticated attackers can register with administrator-level user accounts, posing a serious security threat to the system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and review user roles in the system.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Mentoring plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles that users can register with in the mentoring_process_registration() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register with administrator-level user accounts.