CVE-2025-12158

CRITICAL EPSS 29.6%
Published Nov 4, 20257mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Nov 4, 2025 7mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
29.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

References 3

  • plugins.svn.wordpress.org https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-user-capabilities/tags/1.0/user_access.php
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-capabilities/
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd75b8ec-1961-4a7a-92e6-1517e638974b?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.