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CVE-2022-3419: Automatic User Roles Switcher < 1.1.2 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Automatic User Roles Switcher WordPress plugin before 1.1.2 does not have authorisation and proper CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated users like subscriber to add any role to themselves, such as administrator

Affected products

• Automatic User Roles Switcher: before 1.1.2 — fixed in 1.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Automatic User Roles Switcher 1.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5909a423-9841-449c-a569-f687c609817b
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5909a423-9841-449c-a569-f687c609817b

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