CVE-2025-12157

MEDIUM 5.3

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

CVSS Score

5.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-862
Vendor	tanvirahmed1984
Product	simple user capabilities
Published	Nov 4, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

tanvirahmed1984 / Simple User Capabilities

0 ≤ 1.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3a1d0432-aff0-477e-aa6e-4de3e4d789cb?source=cve plugins.svn.wordpress.org: https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-user-capabilities/tags/1.0/user_access.php wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-capabilities/

Credits

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