CVE-2026-12083 Admin and Site Enhancements < 8.8.4 - Unauthenticated Administrator-Role Restoration via reset-for Parameter
Unauthenticated attackers can restore demoted administrator accounts due to missing authorization checks in the Admin and Site Enhancements WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12083?
CVE-2026-12083 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE), published on 6 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 8.8.4, admin-site-enhancements-pro WordPress plugin before 8.8.4 does not perform authentication, authorization, or nonce checks on a role-restoration request handler, allowing unauthenticated attackers to restore a previously demoted administrator account back to the administrator role. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2024-43333 / CVE-2025-24648, which closed the issue for only one of the demotion paths the WordPress role API exposes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12083?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12083?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12083 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-2026-12083 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12083 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5xvm-frp3-hwwv.