CVE-2025-14866
Melapress Role Editor <= 1.1.1 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Secondary Role Assignment
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The Melapress Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This is due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'save_secondary_roles_field' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to assign themselves additional roles including Administrator.
| CWE | CWE-863 |
| Vendor | melapress |
| Product | melapress role editor |
| Published | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
melapress / Melapress Role Editor
0 ≤ 1.1.1
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0509aaf1-8aae-42e5-84d3-ea9b431703f3?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/melapress-role-editor/tags/1.1.0/classes/admin/ajax/class-admin-ajax.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/melapress-role-editor/tags/1.1.0/classes/admin/additional-form-fields/class-user-profile.php#L103 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3439348/
Credits
Sarawut Poolkhet