Simple User Capabilities <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
critical
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.
- CVSS:
- 9.8
- Affected:
- up to 1.0
- Fix:
- No patched version reported
- Disclosed:
- Nov 3, 2025
CVE-2025-12158 on NVD →
Simple User Capabilities <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Capability Reset
medium
The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_reset_capability' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's capabilities.
- CVSS:
- 5.3
- Affected:
- up to 1.0
- Fix:
- No patched version reported
- Disclosed:
- Nov 3, 2025
CVE-2025-12157 on NVD →
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