CVE-2025-14866: Melapress Role Editor <= 1.1.1 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Secondary Role Assignment

Description

The Melapress Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This is due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'save_secondary_roles_field' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to assign themselves additional roles including Administrator.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

MR

Melapress Role Editor · melapress

through 1.1.1 · source: vendor