CVE-2025-12158
Critical · 9.8CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.5%
Published
Nov 4, 2025
CISA due date
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The record
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 packages
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