WP User Profiles: Privilege escalation for Subscriber accounts
Summary
The WordPress plugin WP User Profiles in versions up to and including 2.7.3 allows a low-privileged Subscriber to escalate privileges (CWE-266, incorrect privilege assignment). Patchstack reports that a successful attacker can become an administrator and gain full control of the website. The attack requires a valid Subscriber account on a site with this plugin; if open user registration is enabled, an attacker can create such an account themselves.
Affected
- WP User Profiles plugin (WordPress) versions <= 2.7.3
- Vendor and product details are from Patchstack and the CVE record; the default configuration is listed as unaffected in the CVE record
Fixed in
- Version 2.7.4 (per Patchstack and the CVE record)
- Not yet confirmed from the WordPress.org changelog or the GitHub repository
Workaround
- Unknown. No workaround is documented in the sources.
- If the update is delayed, deactivating the plugin is the safer option (research recommendation, not a vendor statement).
Exploitation
- Known exploited: Unknown. No CISA KEV entry was found.
- Patchstack rates the issue as high priority and expects exploitation, but this is not evidence of attacks.
- No public proof of concept found.
- EPSS score 0.31% at the time of research.
- NVD status: Deferred; NVD analysis pending.
Our recommendation
- Inventory all WordPress sites for the wp-user-profiles plugin, including managed-hosting sites.
- Confirm version 2.7.4 or later from the WordPress.org changelog or GitHub, then update immediately.
- If the update is delayed, deactivate the plugin.
- Check for unexpected administrator or editor accounts and recent role changes.
- Disable open user registration if it is not needed.
- Re-check NVD and CISA KEV for updates.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Patchstack: WP User Profiles <= 2.7.3 Privilege Escalation patchstack.com
- VulDB: CVE-2026-105058 vuldb.com
- Strix: CVE-2026-105058 www.strix.ai
- WordPress.org: WP User Profiles plugin wordpress.org
- GitHub: JJJ github.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 31 Oct 2026, 22:26.
Original description (NVD)
Subscriber Privilege Escalation in WP User Profiles <= 2.7.3 versions.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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