Check Point Advisories

WordPress Fox LMS Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-14156)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-12527
Date Published:	28 May 2026
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 28 May, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-14156
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress Fox LMS Plugin 1.0.5.1 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability in WordPress Fox LMS Plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with arbitrary roles, including administrator, leading to complete site compromise.

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 Fox LMS Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-14156) 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 Fox LMS Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-14156)