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.
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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.
Title Truelysell Core <= 1.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration
Weaknesses CWE-269
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-14T08:26:47.464Z

Reserved: 2025-08-04T22:01:31.166Z

Link: CVE-2025-8572

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-14T09:16:11.490

Modified: 2026-02-14T09:16:11.490

Link: CVE-2025-8572

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