CVE-2026-4261Expire Users <= 1.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation to Administrator via save_extra_user_profile_fields
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
husobj Expire Users husobj:expire_users (from the name) | through 1.2.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d676700b-8c53-4e09-a654-767810b5a775?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expire-users/tags/1.2.2/admin/expire-user.php#L163
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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