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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-01-28T11:23:39.860Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-14T15:08:02.908Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-0844 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
N-media
  • Simple User Registration
Wordpress
  • Wordpress
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-0844.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.7/inc/classes/class.profile.php#L401 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.7/inc/classes/class.user.php#L305 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.8/inc/classes/class.profile.php#L401 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb0e77e1-7e9f-4f7e-8953-c86ab0e5ae7a?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
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CVSS Vulnerability Scoring System

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Privileges Required
User Interaction
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