JAY Login & Register Plugin up to 2.6.03 on WordPress jay_panel_ajax_update_profile privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in JAY Login & Register Plugin up to 2.6.03 on WordPress and classified as critical. The impacted element is the function jay_panel_ajax_update_profile. The manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-15100. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in JAY Login & Register Plugin up to 2.6.03 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function jay_panel_ajax_update_profile. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The JAY Login & Register plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.03. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to update arbitrary user meta through the 'jay_panel_ajax_update_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-15100. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/09/2026). 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202602-1240) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-206900). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• JAY Login & Register Plugin

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• 2.6.03

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