# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5xvm-frp3-hwwv

## 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.

## Is CVE-2026-12083 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12083 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-12083 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12083 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12083/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12083/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12083
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12083
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12083

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12083/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.