CVE-2025-8572 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2025-8572

Truelysell Core <= 1.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration

9.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Truelysell Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions less than, or equal to, 1.8.7. This is due to insufficient validation of the user_role parameter during user registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create accounts with elevated privileges, including administrator access.

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:

Alyudin Nafiie

References

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Affected Vendor

dreamstechnologies

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Affected Software

Truelysell Core

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 14th, 2026

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

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