CVE-2025-12158

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Oct 18, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-862

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
tanvirahmed1984Simple User Capabilities<= 1.0

References

Timeline

Published
Nov 4, 2025
Last modified
Oct 18, 2026
NVD status
Deferred

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CVE-2025-12158: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix