CVE-2025-1671 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2025-1671

Academist Membership <= 1.1.6 - Authentication Bypass via Account Takeover

9.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Academist Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to the academist_membership_check_facebook_user() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Tonn

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Affected Vendor

Elated-Themes

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Affected Software

Academist Membership

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 1st, 2025

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1550 Use Alternate Authentication Material

Defense Evasion

T1021 Remote Services

Lateral Movement

T1098 Account Manipulation

Privilege Escalation