Bstone Demo Importer <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

8.8
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-50481
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published October 25, 2024
Last Updated October 31, 2024
Researcher stealthcopter

Description

The Bstone Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the reset_wizard_actions() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the WordPress site which will automatically log them in as the site administrator.

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Vulnerability Details for Bstone Demo Importer

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bstone-demo-importer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.1

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