Melapress Role Editor <= 1.1.1 — Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Secondary Role Assignment
CVE-2025-14866Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.1.1Update to 1.2.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Melapress Role Editor melapress-role-editor
- Affected≤ 1.1.1
- Patched in1.2.0
Update to 1.2.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.1.1. Version 1.2.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Melapress Role Editor.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.2.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Melapress Role Editor to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Sarawut Poolkhet (MisterHelloz).
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Melapress Role Editor
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.3 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation ≤1.3.0Update to 1.4.0 | CVE-2026-109900 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤1.3.0Update to 1.4.0 | CVE-2026-109899 |
- High7.3Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
≤1.3.0Update to 1.4.0
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤1.3.0Update to 1.4.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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