PT-2025-9166 · WordPress · Academist Membership

Tonn · Published 2025-03-01 · Updated 2025-03-07 · CVE-2025-1671

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Academist Membership plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.1.7

Description The issue is related to privilege escalation due to the academist membership check facebook user() function not properly verifying a user's identity before authentication. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 1.1.6, update to a version newer than 1.1.6 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the academist membership check facebook user() function until a patch is available.

Fix

LPE

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-288

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-1671

Affected Products

Academist Membership

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1671 · Security Note
• https://themeforest.net/item/academist-a-modern-learning-management-system-and-education-theme/22376830 · Note
• https://twitter.com/vulns_space/status/1895757827945156848 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/911a9550-1f62-4f28-9d8c-00d9769949c9?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1895761465161723940 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/vFeed_IO/status/1897832549927600430 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19219 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1896112110993567935 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/112979 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1895981993596502260 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1891 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1897603150221349365 · Twitter Post