High severity · published Jan 15, 2025
CVE-2025-22736
WordPress User Management plugin <= 1.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal User Management user-management allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Management: from n/a through <= 1.2.
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 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UM
User Management · Saad Iqbal
through 1.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22736
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22736
patchstack.com
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/user-management/vulnerability/wordpress-user-management-plugin-1-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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