EUVD-2026-49987
GHSA-rghc-64r6-9px3
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 28, 2026
Privilege escalation in the WP Password Policy plugin for WordPress up to version 3.7.1 allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to escalate to Administrator by submitting a crafted POST request to the password-reset form endpoint. The vulnerability results from missing authorization checks and nonce verification in the get_user() function of the Module_Password_Hint class, which unconditionally calls set_role() with an attacker-supplied role. At time of analysis, no active exploitation or public exploit code was identified.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The WP Password Policy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to and including 3.7.1. This is due to missing authorization checks and nonce verification in the get_user() function of the Module_Password_Hint class, which unconditionally calls WP_User::set_role() with the attacker-supplied role parameter on any account resolved via $_POST['user_login'], without confirming the requesting user holds the capability to assign roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their own privileges to Administrator by submitting a crafted POST request - with action set to createuser and role set to administrator - to the password-reset form endpoint. The vulnerable code path is reachable via the password_hint filter hooked during the WordPress password-reset form render, meaning an attacker need only possess a valid password-reset cookie to reach the sink.
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
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