CVE-2026-12083: The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 8.8.4, admin-site-enhancements-pro WordPress plugin before 8.8.4 does not perform authentication, authorization, or no
The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 8.8.4, admin-site-enhancements-pro WordPress plugin before 8.8.4 does not perform authentication, authorization, or nonce checks on a role-restoration request handler, allowing unauthenticated attackers to restore a previously demoted administrator account back to the administrator role. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2024-43333 / CVE-2025-24648, which closed the issue for only one of the demotion paths the WordPress role API exposes.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12083
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-120830.29% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 21% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-12083 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Admin and Site
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- mediumCVE-2026-11898: The White Label CMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admi…nvd · 2026-07-11
- mediumCVE-2026-11591: The Widgets for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripti…nvd · 2026-07-11
- unknownCVE-2026-13231: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ("Cross-site Scripting") vulnerabi…nvd · 2026-07-10
- mediumCVE-2026-15295: The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cr…nvd · 2026-07-10
- mediumCVE-2026-12108: The Highlighting Code Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting …nvd · 2026-07-10
- mediumCVE-2026-15283: The WPvivid Backup for MainWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scriptin…nvd · 2026-07-10
More from NVD Recent CVEs
- highCVE-2026-58281: Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized at…2026-07-11
- mediumCVE-2026-10660: The Bluetooth BAP Broadcast Assistant GATT client in subsys/bluetooth/audio/bap_broadcast_assi…2026-07-11
- lowCVE-2026-61870: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VIFF encoder when memo…2026-07-11
- lowCVE-2026-61861: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the FormatMagickCaption…2026-07-11
- lowCVE-2026-61858: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the APNG encoder and ext…2026-07-11