The Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 6.7 due to insufficient restriction on the 'profile_save_field' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.
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Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Description The Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 6.7 due to insufficient restriction on the 'profile_save_field' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.
Title Simple User Registration <= 6.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via profile_save_field
Weaknesses CWE-284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-28T14:33:44.325Z

Reserved: 2026-01-10T14:13:05.549Z

Link: CVE-2026-0844

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-28T12:15:52.437

Modified: 2026-01-28T12:15:52.437

Link: CVE-2026-0844

cve-icon Redhat

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