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

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

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.

Affected products

• jgrodgers Highland Software Custom Role Manager: through 1.0.0

References

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

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