CVE-2026-12083

HighCVSS 8.1

Published: 06/07/2026(UTC)Updated: 06/07/2026(UTC)Translated: 07/07/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.30%

21th percentile - higher than 21% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before version 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.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an unauthenticated attacker can restore administrator privileges to a demoted account, potentially leading to full site compromise and further attacks.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) plugin to version 8.8.4 or later to remediate the vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.