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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2025-12158 EUVD-2025-37594GHSA-cw7m-pr9p-fp7m

Simple User Capabilities <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Published Nov 4, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
tanvirahmed1984 Simple User Capabilities ≤ 1.0 —

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