CVE-2025-12158
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the suc_submit_capabilities() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate the role of any user account to administrator.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| tanvirahmed1984 | Simple User Capabilities | 0 <= 1.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd75b8ec-1961-4a7a-92e6-1517e638974b?source=cve
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-user-capabilities/tags/1.0/user_access.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-capabilities/
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