WP Data Access <= 5.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

7.5
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE CVE-2023-1874
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published April 6, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

The WP Data Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This is due to a lack of authorization checks on the multiple_roles_update function. This 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. This requires the 'Enable role management' setting to be enabled for the site.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-data-access (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.3.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.3.7
Patched Version
  • 5.3.8

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