High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 17, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-12293
CVE-2024-12293
Description
The User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.64.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_roles() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add or remove roles for arbitrary users, including escalating their privileges to administrator, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Affected products
2(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=4.64.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-role-editor/trunk/includes/classes/grant-roles.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-role-editor/trunk/includes/classes/grant-roles.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3208193/nvd
- wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f359d02-d4ce-4045-9e79-ae0f92b84766nvd
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