CVE-2026-4261: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in husobj Expire Users
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.
CVE-2026-4261: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in husobj Expire Users
Description
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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-16T11:35:10.072Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69be1813f4197a8e3b784ec6
Added to database: 3/21/2026, 4:01:23 AM
Last updated: 3/21/2026, 4:01:44 AM
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