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High severity · published Aug 31, 2023
CVE-2023-3636
The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4 due to insufficient restriction on the…
8.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'save_users_map_name' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'usernames' parameter.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
WP Project Manager · Wedevs
before 2.6.5 · source: NVD
Affected product
WP
WP Project Manager
Wedevs
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3636
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3636
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedevs-project-manager/tags/2.6.3/src/User/Controllers/User_Controller.php#L158
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2942291/wedevs-project-manager#file1792
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a5e4708-db3e-483c-852f-1a487825cf92?source=cve
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