The Add User Autocomplete WordPress plugin before 1.2 does not perform any capability or nonce check before creating a pending site-membership invitation carrying a caller-supplied role, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant themselves the administrator role on a multisite installation.

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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-284

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Add User Autocomplete WordPress plugin before 1.2 does not perform any capability or nonce check before creating a pending site-membership invitation carrying a caller-supplied role, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant themselves the administrator role on a multisite installation.
Title Add User Autocomplete < 1.2 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-12T06:00:12.148Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T07:22:37.737Z

Link: CVE-2026-87759

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-12T06:16:27.547

Modified: 2026-09-12T06:16:27.547

Link: CVE-2026-87759

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Updated: 2026-09-12T08:30:10Z

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