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CVE-2025-12157

MEDIUM 5.3 CVSS 3.1
Published
November 4, 2025
Last modified
October 18, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-862
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • tanvirahmed1984 Simple User Capabilities — Up to and including 1.0

References

  • plugins.svn.wordpress.org https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-user-capabilities/tags/1.0/user_access.php
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-capabilities/
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3a1d0432-aff0-477e-aa6e-4de3e4d789cb?source=cve
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record