Automatic User Roles Switcher < 1.1.2 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation
Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation, Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-352.
Summary
The Automatic User Roles Switcher WordPress plugin before 1.1.2 does not have authorisation and proper CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated users like subscriber to add any role to themselves, such as administrator
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00407 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Automatic User Roles Switcher (Unknown): 1.1.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Automatic User Roles Switcher | 1.1.2 to before 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Automatic User Roles Switcher VendorUnknown Affected 1.1.2 to before 1.1.2 Fixed in 1.1.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Automatic User Roles Switcher (Unknown) Fixed in 1.1.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-3419
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w8cr-4wjm-8jwj
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-3419 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-3419 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w8cr-4wjm-8jwj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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