CVE-2025-6254 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2025-6254

Doctreat Core <= 1.6.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

9.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Doctreat Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.8. This is due to the doctreat_process_registration() function not properly restricting the roles that a user can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator user.

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:

Friderika Baranyai

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Affected Vendor

AmentoTech

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Affected Software

Doctreat Core

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 10th, 2026

Last Modified: June 10th, 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

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1098 Account Manipulation

Privilege Escalation

T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

Privilege Escalation

T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification

Defense Evasion

T1134 Access Token Manipulation

Defense Evasion