CVE-2025-49981 WordPress User Roles and Capabilities plugin <= 1.2.6 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls to perform unauthorized actions due to missing authorization checks in the User Roles and Capabilities 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-2025-49981?
CVE-2025-49981 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in mahabub81 User Roles and Capabilities, published on 20 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in mahabub81 User Roles and Capabilities user-roles-and-capabilities allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects User Roles and Capabilities: from n/a through <= 1.2.6.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49981?
How do I fix CVE-2025-49981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-49981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49981 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vf4-wfff-pgwx.