Unauthenticated administrator access via unrestricted role registration
Published Feb 19, 2026 · Updated Feb 19, 2026
Privilege escalation in BuddhaThemes Lizza LMS Pro 1.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to register administrator accounts. The lizza_lms_pro_register_user_front_end function accepts a caller-supplied role during front-end registration without restricting it to safe roles. No prior account or user interaction is required, and supplying administrator grants full WordPress administrative access.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in BuddhaThemes Lizza LMS Pro 1.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to register administrator accounts. The lizza_lms_pro_register_user_front_end function accepts a caller-supplied role during front-end registration without restricting it to safe roles. No prior account or user interaction is required, and supplying administrator grants full WordPress administrative access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-13563
- Published
- Feb 19, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 19, 2026
- Vendor
- BuddhaThemes
- Product
- Lizza LMS Pro
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1136
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=* <=1.0.3
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