Check Point Advisories

WordPress Registration and Membership Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-2563)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-0383
Date Published:	12 Jun 2025
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 12 June, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-2563
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress Registration and Membership plugin prior to v4.1.2 WordPress Registration and Membership plugin prior to v5.1.2
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in WordPress Registration and Membership plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Registration and Membership Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-2563) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: WordPress Registration and Membership Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-2563)