High 8.8Published Oct 22, 2025

CVE-2025-53428WordPress Simple User Registration plugin <= 6.8 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 10:40 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in N-Media Simple User Registration wp-registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Simple User Registration: from n/a through <= 6.8.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-266
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Patchstack
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Apr 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

N-Media Simple User Registration n_media:simple_user_registration (from the name)	through 6.8	CNA record

References

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-registration/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-user-registration-plugin-6-4-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	vdb-entry

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