Description
The HIPAA Forms WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 does not perform a capability check when handling a request that rebuilds its own custom user role, allowing a user who already holds that role to grant it administrator-level capabilities and escalate their privileges.
Published: 2026-10-22
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions hipaa Forms
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions hipaa Forms

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The HIPAA Forms WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 does not perform a capability check when handling a request that rebuilds its own custom user role, allowing a user who already holds that role to grant it administrator-level capabilities and escalate their privileges.
Title CM HIPAA Forms < 3.3.2 - hipaa_forms+ Privilege Escalation via cm_hipaa_update_user_role
References

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Wordpress-extensions Hipaa Forms
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T11:06:29.917Z

Reserved: 2026-10-13T10:20:17.784Z

Link: CVE-2026-109927

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T10:55:57.587Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-22T06:17:13.590

Modified: 2026-10-22T11:17:08.637

Link: CVE-2026-109927

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T13:30:05Z

Weaknesses