Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin 1.0.4.7 - 1.0.5.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'createOrder'

2025-12-15 02:23

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.0.5.2

Affected PluginFox LMS – eLearning & Course Builder

Affected Version1.0.4.7 – 1.0.5.1

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2025-14156

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Vulnerability Overview

The Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating the 'role' parameter when creating new users via the `/fox-lms/v1/payments/create-order` REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with arbitrary roles, including administrator, leading to complete site compromise.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.0.5.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14156 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de4f8d45-9522-4a32-bc98-be8dbf3a5cf1

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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