Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely <= 5.7.4 - Arbitrary User Meta Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Strategic Overview
<= 5.7.4CVE-2023-4293Vulnerability Overview
The Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'wpdmpp_update_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'profile[role]' parameter during a profile update.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.7.5, 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.
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