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CVE-2026-4003

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
The Users manager – PN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary User Meta Update in all versions up to and including 1.1.15. This is due to a flawed authorization logic check in the userspn_ajax_nopriv_server() function within the 'userspn_form_save' case. The conditional only blocks unauthenticated users when the user_id is empty, but when a non-empty user_id is supplied, execution bypasses this check entirely and proceeds to update arbitrary user meta via update_user_meta() without any authentication or authorization verification. Additionally, the nonce required for this AJAX endpoint ('userspn-nonce') is exposed to all visitors via wp_localize_script on the public wp_enqueue_scripts hook, rendering the nonce check ineffective as a security control. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary user metadata for any user account, including the userspn_secret_token field.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-4003
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Reserved
2026-03-11 18:52 UTC
Published
2026-04-08 03:36 UTC
Last updated
2026-04-08 16:42 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-862
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Vendor / Product
felixmartinez / Users manager – PN
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
felixmartinez Users manager – PN 0 ≤ 1.1.15
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-862 cna CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.8 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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