CVE-2026-0844
Simple User Registration <= 6.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via profile_save_field
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.8EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
28 Jan 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
The Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 6.7 due to insufficient restriction on the 'profile_save_field' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.7/inc/classes/class.profile.php#L401https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.7/inc/classes/class.user.php#L305https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.8/inc/classes/class.profile.php#L401https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb0e77e1-7e9f-4f7e-8953-c86ab0e5ae7a?source=cve