Mementor Core Plugin up to 2.2.5 on WordPress privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mementor Core Plugin up to 2.2.5 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes Remote Privilege Escalation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-11168. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Mementor Core Plugin up to 2.2.5 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Mementor Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5. This is due to plugin not properly handling the user switch back function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges by accessing an administrator account through the switch back functionality.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-11168. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/11/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Mementor Core Plugin

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• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5

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