CVE-2024-43333

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro <= 7.6.2.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

2025-02-03 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 7.6.3
Affected Plugin: Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro
Affected Version: <= 7.6.2.1
CVSS: 7.5High
Weakness type: CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE: CVE-2024-43333

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At a glance

CVE-2024-43333 is a high-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.6.2.1. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.6.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2025, reported by Rafie Muhammad.

Vulnerability Overview

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting user's ability to utilize the “View Admin as Role” feature. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to recover access to a previous role, such as administrator, granted they had previously held a higher role. CVE-2025-24648 is a duplicate assignment of the same vulnerability.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Remediation

Update to version 7.6.3, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro 7.6.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43333 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d4ad020-0b40-456b-8f8c-597c7c4ef698 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43333

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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