CVE-2025-12158: The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the suc_submit_capabilities()…

PriorityP269critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.38%

29.5th percentile

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

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
tanvirahmed1984	simple_user_capabilities	<= 1.0	—

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