---
id: CVE-2025-14156
title: >-
  The Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to
  privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5.1
summary: >-
  The Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to
  privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5.1. This is
  due to the plugin not properly validating the 'role' parameter when creating
  new users v…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-20
published: '2025-12-15'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T19:10:00.160'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14156'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ffox-lms%2Ftags%2F1.0.5.0%2Fincludes%2Frest%2FPayments.php&new_path=%2Ffox-lms%2Ftags%2F1.0.5.2%2Fincludes%2Frest%2FPayments.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de4f8d45-9522-4a32-bc98-be8dbf3a5cf1?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.06811
epssPercentile: 0.93836
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2025-14156'
  checkedAt: '2026-10-07T19:44:51.119Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T19:44:15.687Z'
---

## Overview

The Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating the 'role' parameter when creating new users via the `/fox-lms/v1/payments/create-order` REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with arbitrary roles, including administrator, leading to complete site compromise.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.