CVE-2024-12293: Shinephp User Role Editor

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.64.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_roles() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add or remove roles for arbitrary users, including escalating their privileges to administrator, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• Shinephp User Role Editor: up to and including 4.64.3

Published 2024-12-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.