CVE-2023-1874 (GCVE-0-2023-1874)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-12 13:30 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:39
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
peterschulznl WP Data Access Affected: * , ≤ 5.3.7 (semver)
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Credits
Chloe Chamberland
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