CVE-2026-4977 PUBLISHED

UsersWP <= 1.2.58 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Restricted Usermeta Modification via 'htmlvar' Parameter

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 27.03.2026 Published: 10.04.2026 Updated: 10.04.2026

The UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Access Control in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.58 This is due to insufficient field-level permission validation in the upload_file_remove() AJAX handler where the $htmlvar parameter is not validated against a whitelist of allowed fields or checked against the field's for_admin_use property. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to clear or reset any restricted usermeta column for their own user record, including fields marked as "For admin use only", bypassing intended field-level access restrictions.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor stiofansisland
Product UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.2.58 (incl.)

Credits

  • Quang Huynh Ngoc finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE