CVE-2025-11620

CVSS 7.2 High
  • CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Published: 2025-11-18T09:15:47.123

The Multiple Roles per User plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ‘mrpu_add_multiple_roles_ui’ and ‘mrpu_save_multiple_user_roles’ functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, granted the ‘edit_users’ capability, to edit any user’s role, including promoting users to Administrator and demoting Administrators to lower-privileged roles.

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How to fix CVE-2025-11620

CVE-2025-11620 is a high severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: The Multiple Roles per User plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ‘mrpu_add_multiple_roles_ui’ and ‘mrpu_save_multiple_user_roles’ functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, granted the ‘edit_users’ capability, to edit any user’s role, including promoting users to […]

Affected Versions:
Vulnerable: ≤ 1.0
Safe: ≥ 1.1

Exploit Difficulty: MEDIUM
⏱️ Time to exploit: 1-4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Intermediate security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: May be available

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product
- Verify version (vulnerable: ≤ 1.0)

2 Immediate actions

- Update to ≥ 1.1 or later
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

MEDIUM
⏱️ Time to Exploit: 1-4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Intermediate security knowledge
💰 Public Exploits: May be available

Affected Versions

Vulnerable: ≤ 1.0
Safe: ≥ 1.1

Vulnerability Timeline

Nov 18, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Nov 18, 2025
Imported to Database

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Detection Rules & IOCs

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