CVE-2026-4261 PUBLISHED

Expire Users <= 1.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation to Administrator via save_extra_user_profile_fields

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 16.03.2026 Published: 21.03.2026 Updated: 21.03.2026

The Expire Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to update the 'on_expire_default_to_role' meta through the 'save_extra_user_profile_fields' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor husobj
Product Expire Users
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 1.2.2 (incl.)

Credits

  • Hunter Jensen finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE