Wordpress Alert: Subscriber-to-administrator privilege escalation

A subscriber can change their role or call a privileged plugin action. A basic account may become a site administrator.

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Wordpress Alert: Subscriber-to-administrator privilege escalation

What it looks like

A subscriber can change their role or call a privileged plugin action.

Why it matters

A basic account may become a site administrator.

What to check

Review user-role changes and plugin endpoints that write role or capability fields.

Documentation

This is an exploit pattern to check in installed components, not a claim that every WordPress site has this flaw. Confirm the product and version against its advisories before treating a site as affected. See WordPress roles and capabilities.