Improper privilege management in Choose User Role at Registration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The Choose User Role at Registration WordPress plugin before 1.3.3 does not validate the role requested at registration against the roles an administrator chose to offer, allowing unauthenticated users to request any role, including administrator, and to be granted it once the request is approved. Exploitation requires the Choose User Role at Registration WordPress plugin before 1.3.3's role selection feature and public account registration to both be enabled.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Choose User Role at Registration | before 1.3.3 | 1.3.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Choose User Role at Registration VendorUnknown Affected before 1.3.3 Fixed in 1.3.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Choose User Role at Registration (Unknown) Fixed in 1.3.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85128
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-865c-5jwm-r2qv
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-85128 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85128 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-865c-5jwm-r2qv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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