Privilege Escalation in Melapress Role Editor Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-14866
8.8HIGH
What is CVE-2025-14866?
The Melapress Role Editor plugin for WordPress contains a significant vulnerability that arises from a misconfigured capability check in its 'save_secondary_roles_field' function. This flaw enables authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to exploit the system by assigning themselves additional roles, including that of an Administrator, thereby compromising the security and integrity of the WordPress environment.
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Affected Version(s)
Melapress Role Editor * <= 1.1.1
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
Sarawut Poolkhet