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CVE-2025-12158

CRITICAL 9.8 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:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

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/dd75b8ec-1961-4a7a-92e6-1517e638974b?source=cve
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record