Vulnerability · Published Apr 8, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-3064WPFront User Role Editor <= 4.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation via whitelist_options Function
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site request forgery in WPFront User Role Editor from syammohanm. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WPFront User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the whitelist_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the default role option that can be leveraged for privilege escalation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is only exploitable on multisite instances.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| syammohanm | WPFront User Role Editor | 0 – through 4.2.1 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efc7ad9f-714e-474c-87e8-ecbbdfabd550?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpfront-user-role-editor/trunk/includes/users/class-user-profile.php#L104
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpfront-user-role-editor/trunk/includes/users/class-user-profile.php#L399
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpfront-user-role-editor/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3266542/#file142