Unauthenticated administrator access via unrestricted registration role
Published Nov 27, 2025 · Updated Nov 27, 2025
Privilege escalation in Qode Interactive Tiare Membership 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to register administrator accounts. The tiare_membership_init_rest_api_register function accepts a caller-supplied role during REST registration without restricting it to permitted roles. Unauthenticated access to the registration endpoint is sufficient to create an administrator account and obtain full WordPress administrative control.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Qode Interactive Tiare Membership 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to register administrator accounts. The tiare_membership_init_rest_api_register function accepts a caller-supplied role during REST registration without restricting it to permitted roles. Unauthenticated access to the registration endpoint is sufficient to create an administrator account and obtain full WordPress administrative control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-13540
- Published
- Nov 27, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Qode Interactive
- Product
- Tiare Membership
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1136.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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