{"id":"CVE-2026-109927","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-109927","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:02:41.196Z","title":"The HIPAA Forms WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 does not perform a capability check when handling a request that rebuilds its own custom user role, allowing a user who already holds that role to grant it administrator-level capabilities and escalate their…","description":"The HIPAA Forms WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 does not perform a capability check when handling a request that rebuilds its own custom user role, allowing a user who already holds that role to grant it administrator-level capabilities and escalate their privileges.","published":"2026-10-22T06:17:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-22T15:16:14.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00402,"percentile":0.34175,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-22","score":0.0018,"percentile":0.07222}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-22T13:00:14.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"7.2","severity":"HIGH","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 7.2 HIGH."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-22T06:17:14.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-22T06:17:13.590Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.2)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f08997a3-9034-4470-b5a9-ceb0860108ed/","source":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109927","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}