MajorCritical vulnerability
CVE-2026-87782 (CVSS 8.8)
NVD · officialPublished Oct 7, 2026Risk 37/100
The Koinonia Link WordPress plugin before 1.1.5 does not check that a user is allowed to change roles before saving a role selection submitted with a profile update, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant themselves the Administrator role.
Technical details
CVSS
8.8
AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:LowUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High
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