WP Database Reset <= 3.1 - Privilege Escalation

9.9
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2020-7047
CVSS 9.9 (Critical)
Publicly Published January 16, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that gave any authenticated user, with minimal permissions, the ability (with a simple wp-admin/admin.php?db-reset-tables[]=users request) to escalate their privileges to administrator while dropping all other users from the table.

Wordfence blocked 4 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for Database Reset

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wordpress-database-reset (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.15, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1
Patched Version
  • 3.15

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