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TI-2025-11147 Aliases CVE-2025-12157GHSA-mjm5-cr6q-x25r

Simple User Capabilities <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Capability Reset

Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_reset_capability' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's capabilities.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00289 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
tanvirahmed1984Simple User Capabilitiesup to 1.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Simple User Capabilities Vendortanvirahmed1984 Affected up to 1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12157
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mjm5-cr6q-x25r

References

Other 3

  • TI-2025-11148 Simple User Capabilities <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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