CVE-2024-3828 (GCVE-0-2024-3828)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-10 06:44 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Spectra Pro <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation
Summary
The Spectra Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to the plugin allowing lower-privileged users to create registration forms and set the default role to administrator This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to create administrator-level accounts.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-10 15:16 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainstorm Force | Spectra Pro |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.1.5
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| brainstormforce | spectra_pro |
Affected:
1.1.5
cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:spectra_pro:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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