Spectra Pro <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.1.6
- Affected Plugin
- Spectra Pro
- Affected Version
<= 1.1.5- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
- CVE
CVE-2024-3828
At a glance
CVE-2024-3828 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the Spectra Pro WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.1.5. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.1.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2024, reported by Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_).
Vulnerability Overview
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.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
Reaching this weakness in Spectra Pro <= 1.1.5 takes an account at Author level or above. Improper privilege management means the code lets an account end up with capabilities its role should not have.
It converts a low-privileged account into an administrative one, which makes every other restriction on the site irrelevant. For Spectra Pro the fix is 1.1.6: builds <= 1.1.5 are affected, anything from 1.1.6 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.1.6, 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: Spectra Pro 1.1.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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Other vulnerabilities in Spectra Pro
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