CVE-2025-15403
WordPress RegistrationMagic plugin privilege escalation.
Is CVE-2025-15403 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-15403 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 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-15403?
CVE-2025-15403 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-2025-15403?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-15403. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-15403 affect?
CVE-2025-15403 affects WordPress, RegistrationMagic plugin. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-15403?
Patch to latest plugin version; verify permissions and roles.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated attacker can alter admin_menu to grant 'manage_options' to a role, enabling admin-level privileges.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 6.0.7.1
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.