SalesKing <= 1.6.15 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2024-01-16 00:00

Dave Jong

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.6.30

Affected PluginSalesKing

Affected Version<= 1.6.15

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-22157

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Vulnerability Overview

The SalesKing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.15. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.30, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel) The product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22157 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52198053-206c-4002-8e26-dd5b4850e151

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

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

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