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CVE-2025-6254 AmentoTech CVE debrief

A critical vulnerability was discovered in the Doctreat Core plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.6.8. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator user due to the doctreat_process_registration() function not properly restricting the roles that a user can register with.

Vendor
AmentoTech
Product
Doctreat Core
CVSS
CRITICAL 9.8
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-06-10
Original CVE updated
2026-06-10
Advisory published
2026-06-10
Advisory updated
2026-06-10

Who should care

Administrators of WordPress sites using the Doctreat Core plugin, security teams monitoring for potential privilege escalation attacks

Technical summary

The Doctreat Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 and is considered CRITICAL. The vulnerability is due to the doctreat_process_registration() function not properly restricting the roles that a user can register with, allowing unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator user.

Defensive priority

high

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update the Doctreat Core plugin to a version beyond 1.6.8
  • Monitor for suspicious user registration attempts

Evidence notes

Evidence from the NVD and CVE.org

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2025-6254 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6254

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2025-6254 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6254

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.