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CVE-2026-15992: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in teydeastudio WP Password Policy

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-15992cvecve-2026-15992cwe-269
Published: 07/28/2026 (07/28/2026, 18:35:51 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: teydeastudio
Product: WP Password Policy

Description

The WP Password Policy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to and including 3.7.1. This is due to missing authorization checks and nonce verification in the `get_user()` function of the `Module_Password_Hint` class, which unconditionally calls `WP_User::set_role()` with the attacker-supplied `role` parameter on any account resolved via `$_POST['user_login']`, without confirming the requesting user holds the capability to assign roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their own privileges to Administrator by submitting a crafted POST request — with `action` set to `createuser` and `role` set to `administrator` — to the password-reset form endpoint. The vulnerable code path is reachable via the `password_hint` filter hooked during the WordPress password-reset form render, meaning an attacker need only possess a valid password-reset cookie to reach the sink.

CVSS v3.1

Score 8.8high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Wordfence
Date Reserved
2026-07-16T20:12:58.744Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a68fdfc9c2644c7f8116811

Added to database: 07/28/2026, 19:07:40 UTC

Last updated: 07/29/2026, 00:21:02 UTC

Views: 5

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