CVE-2026-12497

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-24. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.16.18 does not consistently enforce the role restriction configured on its front-end registration role-selection field. The set of roles offered to the visitor and the set of roles the registration handler accepts are derived by two different parsers, and for some valid ways of configuring the offered roles the handler ignores the restriction and falls back to accepting any non-administrator role. Combined with the absence of a nonce on the public registration handler, this allows an unauthenticated visitor to register an account with a higher role, such as Editor or Author, than the form was configured to offer.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
65(Attend)
EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
15%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 24, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 24, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

ProfilePress < 4.16.18 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration Role Selection | CVE 2026-12497 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bfb14acb-051c-4bcb-adfc-10a27a00dfe7/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12497(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 114× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-30 00:24 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-30 00:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-08-27 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  11. 2026-08-26 06:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-08-25 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-08-23 01:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-22 14:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  4. 2026-08-21 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-21 16:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-21 05:33 UTCEG score recompute
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  8. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-20 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-08-18 04:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-08-16 07:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-15 20:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-15 09:45 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-15 09:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-14 22:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-08-12 15:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-12 04:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-08-11 17:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-11 06:32 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-11 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-10 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-08-09 21:29 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-09 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-09 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-08 23:27 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-08 23:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-08 12:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-08 01:24 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-08 01:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-07 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  65. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  67. 2026-08-06 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-08-05 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  72. 2026-08-04 20:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-04 15:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-08-04 09:13 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12497?
CVE-2026-12497 is a high vulnerability published on July 24, 2026. The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.16.18 does not consistently enforce the role restriction configured on its front-end registration role-selection field. The set of roles offered to the visitor and…
When was CVE-2026-12497 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12497 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12497 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12497 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 85.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12497?
CVE-2026-12497 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12497?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12497, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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