CVE-2025-12158

CRITICAL

Simple User Capabilities plugin - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Product

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-user-capabilities/tags/1.0/user_access.php

Product

https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-capabilities/

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd75b8ec-1961-4a7a-92e6-1517e638974b?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0038

EPSS Percentile 29.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (1)

tanvirahmed1984/Simple User Capabilities < 1.0

Published Nov 04, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026