Widespread WordPress plugin; unauthenticated admin registration enables full site compromise.
CVE-2025-13618
Unauthenticated admin account creation via Mentoring plugin (WP <=1.2.8).
Is CVE-2025-13618 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-13618 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-13618?
CVE-2025-13618 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-13618?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-13618. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-13618 affect?
CVE-2025-13618 affects Mentoring plugin for WordPress (<=1.2.8), WordPress sites using Mentoring plugin. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-13618?
Upgrade to patched version when released; or disable plugin until fixed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated users can register as administrator, enabling full site takeover and data access.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 1.2.8
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.