---
id: "CVE-2026-112823"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112823"]
title: "WP User Manager: missing authorization lets users change other users' state"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wp-user-manager"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-20T16:17:03+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:20+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T04:39:25+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112823", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:20+00:00"}]
---

# WP User Manager: missing authorization lets users change other users' state

WP User Manager, a WordPress plugin for user profiles and registration, has a missing authorization check that lets a request manipulate user state. An attacker with access to the affected endpoint can change user accounts they should not be able to modify.

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

## How to check

- Check the installed WP User Manager plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin get wp-user-manager --field=version`
- Confirm whether the plugin is active on the site

## Fix

- Update WP User Manager to a release newer than `2.9.25`, as listed by the plugin's vendor
- unknown whether a patched version number is stated in the sources

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:20+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112823

## From the sources

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP User Manager WP User Manager wp-user-manager allows Manipulating User State.This issue affects WP User Manager: from n/a through 2.9.25.

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