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WP Data Access Plugin for WordPress < 5.3.8 Privilege Escalation

high Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114024

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Synopsis

WP Data Access Plugin for WordPress < 5.3.8 Privilege Escalation

Description

The WordPress WP Data Access Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a Privilege Escalation vulnerability that makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the wpda_role parameter during a profile update.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to WP Data Access Plugin for WordPress 5.3.8 or later.

See Also

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171825/WordPress-WP-Data-Access-5.3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-data-access/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 114024

Type: remote

Published: 9/13/2023

Updated: 10/5/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1874

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:wpdataaccess:wp_data_access:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1874