---
id: "CVE-2026-123092"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-123092"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-123092"]
title: "WP Remote Users Sync plugin lets a remote site grant admin rights"
severity: "high"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wp-remote-users-sync"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-2.3.0-or-later", "remote-sync-disabled"]
published_at: "2026-11-12T06:17:13+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-12T06:36:53+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-12T06:37:53+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123092", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-12T06:36:53+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# WP Remote Users Sync plugin lets a remote site grant admin rights

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-123092 (this .md is for agents)

The WP Remote Users Sync WordPress plugin before 2.3.0 does not restrict which user metadata keys incoming synchronisation requests may write. A site holding the shared synchronisation keys can set the capabilities of any existing account and raise it to administrator.

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

## How to check

- Check the installed version of the WP Remote Users Sync plugin in the WordPress admin under Plugins, and treat anything below `2.3.0` as affected.
- Confirm whether remote user synchronisation is configured on the site and which sites hold its shared keys.

## Fix

- WP Remote Users Sync: upgrade to `2.3.0` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-12T06:36:53+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123092

## From the sources

The WP Remote Users Sync WordPress plugin before 2.3.0 does not restrict which user metadata keys may be written through its incoming user synchronisation requests, allowing a site that holds the shared synchronisation keys to set the capabilities of any existing account and escalate it to administrator.

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