CVE-2026-4261
The Expire Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to update the 'on_expire_default_to_role' meta through the 'save_extra_user_profile_fields' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.8 High
- Status
- Deferred - security@wordfence.com
- Published
- 2026-03-21
- Last modified
- 2026-04-08
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Affected products
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expire-users/tags/1.2.2/admin/expire-user.php#L163
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d676700b-8c53-4e09-a654-767810b5a775?source=cve
