CVE-2023-1874

2023-04-1213:30:09

Wordfence

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wordpress

data access

plugin

vulnerable

privilege escalation

authorization checks

authenticated attackers

profile update

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

68.6%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "peterschulznl",
    "product": "WP Data Access",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.3.7",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]