PT-2026-26880 · WordPress · Expire Users

Hunter Jensen · Published 2026-03-21 · Updated 2026-03-22 · CVE-2026-4261

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Expire Users plugin for WordPress versions through 1.2.2

Description The Expire Users plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a privilege escalation issue. This occurs because the plugin permits a user to modify the on expire default to role meta data through the save extra user profile fields function. Authenticated attackers possessing Subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this to elevate their privileges to administrator level.

Recommendations Versions prior to and including 1.2.2 should be updated to a newer, fixed version when available.

Fix

LPE

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-4261

Affected Products

Expire Users

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4261 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/TheHackerWire/status/2035446380194566608 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/RedPacketSec/status/2035519488750170589 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2035237241380094237 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d676700b-8c53-4e09-a654-767810b5a775?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expire-users/tags/1.2.2/admin/expire-user.php#L163 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/2035215802350043471 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2035235755858022584 · Twitter Post