PT-2026-4351 · WordPress · Melapress Role Editor

Sarawut Poolkhet · Published 2026-01-23 · Updated 2026-01-28 · CVE-2025-14866

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 Melapress Role Editor plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.1.2

Description The Melapress Role Editor plugin for WordPress is subject to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker with Subscriber-level access or higher can assign themselves additional roles, including Administrator, due to a misconfigured capability check within the save secondary roles field function.

Recommendations Update the Melapress Role Editor plugin to version 1.1.2 or later.

Fix

LPE

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-14866

Affected Products

Melapress Role Editor

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14866 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2014706926303490511 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/melapress-role-editor/tags/1.1.0/classes/admin/ajax/class-admin-ajax.php · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/melapress-role-editor/tags/1.1.0/classes/admin/additional-form-fields/class-user-profile.php#L103 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0509aaf1-8aae-42e5-84d3-ea9b431703f3?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3439348 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/2016466374697349553 · Twitter Post