CVE-2025-1671
CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Mar 1, 2025
CWE ID 288
Summary
CVE-2025-1671 is a Privilege Escalation vulnerability affecting the Academist Membership plugin for WordPress. Versions up to and including 1.1.6 are impacted by this issue. The vulnerability stems from the academist_membership_check_facebook_user() function, which fails to adequately verify user identities prior to authentication. Consequently, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw to log in as any user, including site administrators. This poses a significant risk to the security of WordPress sites utilizing this plugin.
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