CVE-2026-87782 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0f3af398-4a70-4987-9da8-b876b9e932c7/

History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Koinonia Link 1.1.2 - 1.1.4 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation to Administrator
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0f3af398-4a70-4987-9da8-b876b9e932c7/

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-10-07T06:00:08.296Z

Updated: 2026-10-07T09:57:28.747Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T09:19:19.570Z

Link: CVE-2026-87782

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T09:53:30.804Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-07T07:17:01.847

Modified: 2026-10-07T10:17:40.077

Link: CVE-2026-87782

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T07:30:14Z

Weaknesses

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