---
id: "CVE-2026-109899"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-109899"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-109899"]
title: "Melapress Role Editor: missing authorization lets users change access control"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.1
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "melapress-role-editor", "fixed": [], "affected": "<= 1.3.0", "ecosystem": "wordpress"}]
ecosystems: []
tags: ["authenticated", "melapress-role-editor", "package", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-11-08T16:16:36+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-08T16:18:34+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-08T16:19:39+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109899", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-08T16:18:34+00:00"}, {"source": "analyst", "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/melapress-role-editor", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-08T16:19:39+00:00", "cites": ["https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/melapress-role-editor", "https://wordpress.org/plugins/melapress-role-editor/"]}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Melapress Role Editor: missing authorization lets users change access control

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-109899 (this .md is for agents)

Melapress Role Editor, a WordPress plugin for managing user roles, has a missing authorization check in versions through 1.3.0. The sources say an attacker can exploit incorrectly configured access control levels to gain permissions they should not have.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- wordpress:melapress-role-editor affected <= 1.3.0 fixed no fixed version listed

## How to check

WordPress admin > Plugins: if Melapress Role Editor (melapress-role-editor) is 1.3.0 or earlier, treat as exposed. CLI: wp plugin get melapress-role-editor --field=version. Check Patchstack's database page for the plugin for a patched version.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-08T16:18:34+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109899
- 2026-11-08T16:19:39+00:00 analyst https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/melapress-role-editor — NVD says through 1.3.0. WordPress.org changelog's latest listed release is 1.3.0 (2026-06-09), with no later fix noted; Patchstack lists a new Broken Access Control <= 1.3.0 entry 2 days ago, but I could not read its patched version. Fix unknown; settle by reading the Patchstack entry or the plugin's SVN changelog. Not exploited, no PoC found. Nothing verified.

## Documents

- [describes] Patchstack: Melapress Role Editor vulnerability history https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/melapress-role-editor
- [mentions] Melapress Role Editor – WordPress.org (changelog) https://wordpress.org/plugins/melapress-role-editor/

## From the sources

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Melapress Melapress Role Editor melapress-role-editor allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Melapress Role Editor: from n/a through 1.3.0.

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