ProfilePress <= 4.13.1 - Limited Privilege Escalation via 'acceptable_defined_roles'

2023-09-09 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.13.2

Affected PluginPaid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress

Affected Version< 4.13.2

CVSS7.3High

CVECVE-2023-41954

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Vulnerability Overview

The ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 4.13.1 via the 'acceptable_defined_roles' function due to incomplete validation on a user controlled key. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to a non-administrator role during user-registration.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.13.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41954 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b2840ee-3b48-415e-9bed-d34d0b6e36d7

CVSS Vector

7.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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