HM Multiple Roles <= 1.2 - Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Role Change

2021-07-20 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.3

Affected PluginHM Multiple Roles

Affected Version<= 1.2

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2021-24602

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Vulnerability Overview

The HM Multiple Roles WordPress plugin before 1.3 does not have any access control to prevent low privilege users to set themselves as admin via their profile page

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24602 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/14f0df3e-4333-49d8-a318-6f9fa614c23e

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

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

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