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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Wordpress-extensions	Koinonia Link

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References

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

History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wordpress-extensions Wordpress-extensions koinonia Link
Vendors & Products		Wordpress-extensions Wordpress-extensions koinonia Link

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/

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 : Deferred

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

Modified: 2026-10-07T14:52:43.420

Link: CVE-2026-87782

Redhat

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