# CVE-2026-12097: User Management \<= 1.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Modification

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- saadiqbal User Management: through 1.2

## Description

The User Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's export field configuration stored in the uiewp_export_field option, controlling which user fields such as password hashes are included in CSV exports and how columns are mapped during imports.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on saadiqbal User Management, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f1d0a07-254c-4df9-90a4-966dff014df0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-management/tags/1.2/includes/model.php#L853
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-management/tags/1.2/includes/model.php#L729
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-management/tags/1.2/includes/model.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-management/tags/1.2/users-imp-exp-wpexperts.php#L22

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