# User Role Editor

> User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `user-role-editor`
- Author: Vladimir Garagulya
- Version: 4.67
- Active installs: 700,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-04 (10 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.2 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.7, PHP 8.2
- Tags: access, editor, role, security, user
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 10 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.2 or newer, above WordPress's own minimum (PHP 7.4).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-12-16 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation (up to 4.64.3). CVE-2024-12293, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f359d02-d4ce-4045-9e79-ae0f92b84766?source=api-prod
- 2016-04-04 HIGH: Authenticated Privilege Escalation (before 4.25). WF-b7a57c3b-0d1b-40ad-9e55-6a1eab4e0380, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7a57c3b-0d1b-40ad-9e55-6a1eab4e0380?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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