CVE-2023-1874

Published Apr 12, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: The WP Data Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This is due to a lack of authorization checks on the multiple_roles_update function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wpda_role[]' parameter during a profile update. This requires the 'Enable role management' setting to be enabled for the site.
Source: security@wordfence.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 8.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wpdataaccess:wp_data_access:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CF771291-E9AD-4AC9-95C8-068293A1E947",
            "versionEndIncluding": "5.3.7"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

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