Description
The Koinonia Link WordPress plugin before 1.1.5 does not check that a user is allowed to change roles before saving a role selection submitted with a profile update, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant themselves the Administrator role.
Published: 2026-10-07
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Koinonia Link WordPress plugin before 1.1.5 does not check that a user is allowed to change roles before saving a role selection submitted with a profile update, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant themselves the Administrator role.
Title Koinonia Link 1.1.2 - 1.1.4 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation to Administrator
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T09:57:28.747Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T09:19:19.570Z

Link: CVE-2026-87782

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T09:53:30.804Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-07T07:17:01.847

Modified: 2026-10-07T10:17:40.077

Link: CVE-2026-87782

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T07:30:14Z

Weaknesses