CVE-2025-22736
WordPress User Management plugin <= 1.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal User Management user-management allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Management: from n/a through <= 1.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress User Management plugin <= 1.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal User Management user-management allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Management: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-22736- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2954
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal User Management user-management allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Management: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
EUVD-2025-2954- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fwj7-ghmr-xxhv
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in WPExperts User Management allows Privilege...
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in WPExperts User Management allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Management: from n/a through 1.2.
- Record
GHSA-fwj7-ghmr-xxhv- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Saad Iqbal User Management user-management allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Management: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-22736- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-22736 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Saad Iqbal User Management, published January 15, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/user-management/vulnerability/wordpress-user-management-plugin-1-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22736
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fwj7-ghmr-xxhv