CVE-2025-12157

Medium

Description

The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_reset_capability' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's capabilities.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductSimple User Capabilities
PublishedNov 4, 2025
First seenNov 4, 2025

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tanvirahmed1984 Simple User Capabilitiesv ≤ 1.0—

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