CVE-2025-4334 | Simple User Registration <= 6.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

The Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.3. This is due to insufficient restrictions on user meta values that can be supplied during registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator.

Published: 2025-06-26 Last update: 2026-04-08 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-4334 is rated Moderate Risk (61.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-4334

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 28.12% 2.05% -26.07%
2 2026-06-08 24.03% 28.12% +4.09%
3 2026-06-06 — 24.03% —

Full EPSS history (38 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-4334

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-4334

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-4334

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
najeebmedia simple_user_registration <= 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:najeebmedia:simple_user_registration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2025-4334

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