Known vulnerabilities in User Role Editor

User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.

2Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

4.65Latest version

700,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update User Role Editor to 4.64.4 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 21, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2024-12293	High 8.8	0.3%	0 to 4.64.3 (inclusive)	`4.64.4`	December 17, 2024
WF-b7a57c3b-0d1b-40ad-9e55-6a1eab4e0380	High 8.8	—	Before 4.25	`4.25`	April 4, 2016

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.