Description
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John James Jacoby WP User Profiles wp-users-profiles allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP User Profiles: from n/a through <= 2.6.2.
Published: 2025-04-10
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The CVE identifies an incorrect privilege assignment flaw in the John James Jacoby WP User Profiles plugin, which allows a lower‑privileged user to gain higher permissions within a WordPress site.

Affected Systems

The WP User Profiles plugin by John James Jacoby, version 2.6.2 and earlier, is vulnerable. All releases that precede and include 2.6.2 are affected.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.8 signals high severity, while an EPSS score of less than 1% suggests that exploitation is unlikely at present. The vulnerability does not appear in the CISA KEV catalog. Based on the description, it is inferred that exploiting the flaw would involve leveraging an authenticated session to manipulate the plugin’s role‑assignment logic, but the exact attack vector is not specified in the CVE details.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 10:42 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade WP User Profiles to any release newer than 2.6.2.
  • If an upgrade cannot be performed immediately, disable or uninstall the plugin until a patch is available.
  • Restrict the assignment of roles with permissions to use the plugin, limiting exposure to the minimum necessary users.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 10:42 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-10479 Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in NotFound WP User Profiles allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects WP User Profiles: from n/a through 2.6.2.
History

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in NotFound WP User Profiles allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects WP User Profiles: from n/a through 2.6.2. Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John James Jacoby WP User Profiles wp-users-profiles allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP User Profiles: from n/a through <= 2.6.2.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in NotFound WP User Profiles allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects WP User Profiles: from n/a through 2.6.2.
Title WordPress WP User Profiles plugin <= 2.6.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:12:08.036Z

Reserved: 2025-03-31T10:05:11.643Z

Link: CVE-2025-31524

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-10T13:15:42.304Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-04-10T08:15:15.160

Modified: 2026-04-23T15:27:53.880

Link: CVE-2025-31524

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:45:05Z

Weaknesses