WPFront User Role Editor <= 4.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation via whitelist_options Function
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The WPFront User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the whitelist_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the default role option that can be leveraged for privilege escalation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is only exploitable on multisite instances.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| syammohanm | WPFront User Role Editor | up to 4.2.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WPFront User Role Editor Vendorsyammohanm Affected up to 4.2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3064
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gj64-6xgg-9g98
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efc7ad9f-714e-474c-87e8-ecbbdfabd550?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpfront-user-role-editor/trunk/includes/users/class-user-profile.php#L104
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpfront-user-role-editor/trunk/includes/users/class-user-profile.php#L399
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpfront-user-role-editor/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3266542/#file142
More syammohanm vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-67462 WPFront Notification Bar <= 3.5.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-3064 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-3064 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gj64-6xgg-9g98 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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