High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2026-0844
CVE-2026-0844
Description
The Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 6.7 due to insufficient restriction on the 'profile_save_field' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=6.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.7/inc/classes/class.profile.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.7/inc/classes/class.user.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-registration/tags/6.8/inc/classes/class.profile.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb0e77e1-7e9f-4f7e-8953-c86ab0e5ae7anvd
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