The User Frontend WordPress plugin before 4.3.12 does not prevent tampering with the role assigned by its registration form, allowing unauthenticated users to register with a higher privileged role, such as Editor.

This affects installations running a PHP build where the sodium extension is unavailable, and where a registration page has been configured. The administrator role cannot be obtained this way.

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Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The User Frontend WordPress plugin before 4.3.12 does not prevent tampering with the role assigned by its registration form, allowing unauthenticated users to register with a higher privileged role, such as Editor. This affects installations running a PHP build where the sodium extension is unavailable, and where a registration page has been configured. The administrator role cannot be obtained this way.
Title WP User Frontend 3.5.29 - 4.3.11 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration Role Encryption
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T13:37:24.527Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T10:42:43.349Z

Link: CVE-2026-75823

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T13:26:56.980Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-30T06:17:03.783

Modified: 2026-09-30T14:17:29.520

Link: CVE-2026-75823

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T12:45:07Z

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