WordPress Melapress Role Editor plugin <= 1.3.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.4.0
- Who is exposed
- Specific setups only
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.4.0.
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 22/100 · provisional
- How many real-world setups can hit the bug, from the vendor's advisory and CISA data. It does not know your setup.What do these mean? →
- Specific setups only
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
The Melapress Role Editor plugin for WordPress has a privilege escalation flaw caused by incorrect privilege assignment. An attacker can reach it remotely, without logging in, but a user must take an action, such as clicking a link, for the attack to work, and it can give the attacker elevated rights on the affected site.
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Read the original description
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Melapress Melapress Role Editor melapress-role-editor allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Melapress Role Editor: from n/a through 1.3.0.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure12/25Specific setups only, reachable over the network without a login
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity10/10CVSS 9.6, total technical impact per CISA
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 72 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 67 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.4.0.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- Posted on X by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- melapress-role-editor
through 1.3.0
Evidence 1
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-109900
Is CVE-2026-109900 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
What does this mean?
A low-privilege user of the website can gain admin rights and take full control of the site. The flaw lets an account with limited permissions escalate its privileges.Source: patchstack.com, cve.org
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-109900?
melapress-role-editor: through 1.3.0.Source: cve.now feed data
Am I affected, and how do I check?
The advisory lists Melapress Role Editor versions 1.3.0 and earlier as affected, with no special configuration named as a requirement. To check, look at the plugin version shown on the WordPress Plugins screen or in the plugin's file header.Source: patchstack.com, cve.org
How do I fix CVE-2026-109900?
Update the Melapress Role Editor plugin to version 1.4.0 or later, the minimum release the advisory names as fixed.Source: patchstack.com, cve.org