CVE-2025-22736
Published: 15 January 2025
Description
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal User Management user-management allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Management: from n/a through <= 1.2.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-22736 is an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability (CWE-266) in the User Management WordPress plugin developed by Saad Iqbal. The flaw enables privilege escalation and affects the plugin from its initial release through version 1.2.
With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), the vulnerability can be exploited over the network by an authenticated user possessing low privileges, requiring low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the attacker high-impact access to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, allowing escalation to higher privileges such as administrator rights on the affected WordPress site.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/user-management/vulnerability/wordpress-user-management-plugin-1-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details this privilege escalation issue in User Management plugin version 1.2. Security practitioners should review the advisory for mitigation guidance and patch information.
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