PT-2025-44945 · Tanvirahmed1984 · Simple User Capabilities

D01Exploit Official · Published 2025-11-04 · Updated 2025-11-04 · CVE-2025-12158

NVD

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-12158

Affected Products

Simple User Capabilities

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12158 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-capabilities · Note
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-user-capabilities/tags/1.0/user_access.php · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd75b8ec-1961-4a7a-92e6-1517e638974b?source=cve · Note