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CVE-2026-4003 Detail

Description

The Users manager – PN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary User Meta Update in all versions up to and including 1.1.15. This is due to a flawed authorization logic check in the userspn_ajax_nopriv_server() function within the 'userspn_form_save' case. The conditional only blocks unauthenticated users when the user_id is empty, but when a non-empty user_id is supplied, execution bypasses this check entirely and proceeds to update arbitrary user meta via update_user_meta() without any authentication or authorization verification. Additionally, the nonce required for this AJAX endpoint ('userspn-nonce') is exposed to all visitors via wp_localize_script on the public wp_enqueue_scripts hook, rendering the nonce check ineffective as a security control. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary user metadata for any user account, including the userspn_secret_token field.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/tags/1.0.31/includes/class-userspn-ajax-nopriv.php#L186 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/tags/1.0.31/includes/class-userspn-ajax-nopriv.php#L190 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/tags/1.0.31/includes/class-userspn-ajax-nopriv.php#L233 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/tags/1.0.31/includes/class-userspn-common.php#L168 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/tags/1.0.31/includes/class-userspn-functions-user.php#L235 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/trunk/includes/class-userspn-ajax-nopriv.php#L186 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/trunk/includes/class-userspn-ajax-nopriv.php#L190 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/trunk/includes/class-userspn-ajax-nopriv.php#L233 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/trunk/includes/class-userspn-common.php#L168 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userspn/trunk/includes/class-userspn-functions-user.php#L235 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3491109%40userspn&new=3491109%40userspn&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Wordfence
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/27bb60c1-43fa-4a18-b9ca-059535b0d5b6?source=cve Wordfence

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-862 Missing Authorization Wordfence  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-4003
NVD Published Date:
04/08/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2026
Source:
Wordfence