CVE-2025-31524

HIGH 8.8

WordPress WP User Profiles plugin <= 2.6.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

CVSS Score

8.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John James Jacoby WP User Profiles wp-users-profiles allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP User Profiles: from n/a through <= 2.6.2.

CWE	CWE-266
Vendor	john james jacoby
Product	wp user profiles
Published	Apr 10, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 28, 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

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

John James Jacoby / WP User Profiles

0 ≤ 2.6.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

patchstack.com: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-users-profiles/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-user-profiles-plugin-2-6-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Credits

Martino Spagnuolo (r3verii) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program