CVE-2026-109927

CM HIPAA Forms < 3.3.2 - hipaa_forms+ Privilege Escalation via cm_hipaa_update_user_role

Unscored

The HIPAA Forms WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 does not perform a capability check when handling a request that rebuilds its own custom user role, allowing a user who already holds that role to grant it administrator-level capabilities and escalate their privileges.

Assigner
WPScan
Published
2026-10-22
Updated
2026-10-22
Reserved
2026-10-13

Affected

VendorProductVersions
Unknown HIPAA Forms < 3.3.2 (affected)
others: unaffected

References

Full CVE JSON record (5.2)

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