CVE-2025-14866 Privilege escalation in Melapress Role Editor
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to Administrator due to improper authorization checks in the Melapress Role Editor plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14866?
CVE-2025-14866 is a high-severity vulnerability in Melapress Role Editor, published on 23 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14866?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14866?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14866 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14866 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14866 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rg2h-cmxh-j3qw.