The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_reset_capability' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's capabilities.
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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Wordpress
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Description The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_reset_capability' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's capabilities.
Title Simple User Capabilities <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Capability Reset
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:16:00.320Z

Reserved: 2025-10-24T13:18:32.870Z

Link: CVE-2025-12157

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:15:56.227Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-04T05:16:09.357

Modified: 2025-11-04T15:40:45.533

Link: CVE-2025-12157

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:33:19Z

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