CVE-2023-0820: Bestwebsoft User Role

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The User Role by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 1.6.7 does not protect against CSRF in requests to update role capabilities, leading to arbitrary privilege escalation of any role.

Affected products

• Bestwebsoft User Role: before 1.6.7 (fixed in 1.6.7)

Published 2023-04-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.