WP Front End Profile <= 0.2.1 — Privilege Escalation
CVE-2019-15111Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤0.2.1Update to 0.2.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-269 Privilege Escalation
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP Frontend Profile wp-front-end-profile
- Affected≤ 0.2.1
- Patched in0.2.2
Update to 0.2.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 0.2.1. Version 0.2.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Frontend Profile.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 0.2.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Frontend Profile to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Phil Wylie (mustardbees).
The WP Front End Profile plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 0.2.1. This is due to the registration form not properly validating the user meta that is supplied allowing attackers to set the wp_capabilities user meta. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain access to an account with full administrative privileges.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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