CVE-2026-4977
The UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Access Control in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.58 This is due to insufficient field-level permission…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Access Control in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.58 This is due to insufficient field-level permission validation in the upload_file_remove() AJAX handler where the $htmlvar parameter is not validated against a whitelist of allowed fields or checked against the field's for_admin_use property. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to clear or reset any restricted usermeta column for their own user record, including fields marked as "For admin use only", bypassing intended field-level access restrictions.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 22th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.54/includes/class-forms.php#L2251
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.54/includes/class-forms.php#L2274
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.54/includes/class-meta.php#L165
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/trunk/includes/class-forms.php#L2251
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/trunk/includes/class-forms.php#L2274
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/trunk/includes/class-meta.php#L165
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fuserswp/tags/1.2.58&new_path=%2Fuserswp/tags/1.2.59
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efee685c-e2cd-471b-aea9-607124df6006?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.