---
id: "CVE-2026-109900"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-109900"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-109900"]
title: "Melapress Role Editor: flaw lets users escalate their own privileges"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.6
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "melapress-role-editor", "fixed": [], "affected": "<= 1.3.0", "ecosystem": "wordpress"}]
ecosystems: []
tags: ["melapress-role-editor", "package", "self-hosted", "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: "2026-11-08T16:19:45+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109900", "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": "2026-11-08T16:19:45+00:00", "cites": ["https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/melapress-role-editor", "https://wordpress.org/plugins/melapress-role-editor/"]}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Melapress Role Editor: flaw lets users escalate their own privileges

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-109900 (this .md is for agents)

The Melapress Role Editor WordPress plugin assigns privileges incorrectly, letting a user gain higher access than intended. An attacker who gets into a low-privilege account can raise their own role to a more powerful one.

_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

In WordPress admin go to Plugins and check the Melapress Role Editor version, or run: wp plugin get melapress-role-editor --field=version. 1.3.0 or earlier is in the affected range. No patched release is confirmed; check wordpress.org/plugins/melapress-role-editor for a version newer than 1.3.0.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-08T16:18:34+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109900
- 2026-11-08T16:19:45+00:00 analyst https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/melapress-role-editor — Patchstack lists a Privilege Escalation entry <= 1.3.0 (2 days ago) for melapress-role-editor, but I found no patched version. WordPress.org shows 1.3.0 as latest (2026-06-09); its changelog has no security fix. Sibling CVE-2025-14866 (<=1.1.1, fixed 1.2.0) is a different issue. Fix unknown; the vendor has not said there is no fix, so I did not mark fix_status none or verify anything. Revisit for a release after 1.3.0 or the Patchstack entry page.

## Documents

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

## From the sources

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Melapress Melapress Role Editor melapress-role-editor allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Melapress Role Editor: from n/a through 1.3.0.

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