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.
Published: 2025-11-04
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Simple User Capabilities <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T15:01:57.048Z

Reserved: 2025-10-24T13:21:01.016Z

Link: CVE-2025-12158

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T15:01:53.557Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-04T05:16:10.083

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

Link: CVE-2025-12158

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:33:20Z

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