User Management <= 1.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Modification
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 User Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's export field configuration stored in the uiewp_export_field option, controlling which user fields such as password hashes are included in CSV exports and how columns are mapped during imports.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12097
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fm3p-77j7-xv3w
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f1d0a07-254c-4df9-90a4-966dff014df0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-management/tags/1.2/includes/model.php#L853
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-management/tags/1.2/includes/model.php#L729
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-management/tags/1.2/includes/model.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-management/tags/1.2/users-imp-exp-wpexperts.php#L22
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Sources
- CVE-2026-12097 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12097 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fm3p-77j7-xv3w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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