---
id: CVE-2025-53428
title: >-
  Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in N-Media Simple User
  Registration wp-registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects
  Simple User Registration: from n/a through <= 6.8.
summary: >-
  Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in N-Media Simple User
  Registration wp-registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects
  Simple User Registration: from n/a through <= 6.8.
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-266
published: '2025-10-22'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53428'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-registration/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-user-registration-plugin-6-4-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
    label: audit@patchstack.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00364
epssPercentile: 0.27837
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.443Z'
---

## Overview

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in N-Media Simple User Registration wp-registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Simple User Registration: from n/a through <= 6.8.

## Remediation

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