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Is WPFront User Role Editor safe?

Easily allows you to manage WordPress user roles. You can create, edit, delete and manage capabilities, also copy existing roles.

What this plugin does

  • Slug: wpfront-user-role-editor
  • Author: Syam Mohan
  • 30000+ active installs
  • 90/100 rating (65 reviews on wordpress.org)
  • 973988 all-time downloads
  • On WordPress.org since 2014-03-02

capability managerrole editorsecurityUser Accessuser permissions

Maintenance status

  • Last updated: 2026-05-20 6:22am GMT
  • Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.2
  • Requires PHP: 7.0+
  • Max supported PHP (analyzed): 8.4

Known vulnerabilities

4 known CVEs on file for WPFront User Role Editor.

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2024-2931 WPFront User Role Editor [wpfront-user-role-editor] < 4.1.0 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Medium 4.3 < 4.1.0 4.1.0 2024-04-01
CVE-2021-24984 WPFront User Role Editor [wpfront-user-role-editor] < 3.2.1.11184 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 6.1 < 3.2.1.11184 3.2.1.11184 2021-11-23
WPFront User Role Editor [wpfront-user-role-editor] < 3.2.1.11184 Unknown < 3.2.1.11184 3.2.1.11184 2021-11-23
CVE-2025-3064 WPFront User Role Editor [wpfront-user-role-editor] < 4.2.2 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) High 8.8 < 4.2.2 4.2.2 0000-00-00
CVE-2025-60102 WPFront User Role Editor [wpfront-user-role-editor] < 4.2.4 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 6.5 < 4.2.4 4.2.4 0000-00-00

CVE-2024-2931

The WPFront User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1.11184 via the wpfront_user_role_editor_assign_roles_user_autocomplete AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract retrieve a list of all user email addresses who are registered on the site.

Source: CVE.org

CVE-2021-24984

The WPFront User Role Editor WordPress plugin before 3.2.1.11184 does not sanitise and escape the changes-saved parameter before outputting it back in the admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Source: CVE.org

WPFront User Role Editor [wpfront-user-role-editor] < 3.2.1.11184

The WPFront User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘changes-saved’ parameter in versions before 3.2.1.11184 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Source: Wordfence

CVE-2025-3064

The WPFront User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the whitelist_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the default role option that can be leveraged for privilege escalation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is only exploitable on multisite instances.

Source: Wordfence

CVE-2025-60102

The WPFront User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Source: Wordfence

How to fix it

Update this plugin to the latest release from wordpress.org — each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in") when one is on file.

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