Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.97 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via User Meta Update
CVE-2024-37484Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.3.97Update to 3.3.99 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Zephyr Project Manager zephyr-project-manager
- Affected≤ 3.3.97
- Patched in3.3.99
Update to 3.3.99 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.3.97. Version 3.3.99 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Zephyr Project Manager.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.3.99, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Zephyr Project Manager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to shaman0x01.
The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.97. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the update_user_meta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta which can be leveraged to update their capabilities to gain administrator access.
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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| Medium5.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'zpm_profile_picture' Parameter ≤3.3.209Update to 3.3.210 | CVE-2026-120514 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Custom+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'message' Parameter ≤3.3.205Update to 3.3.206 | CVE-2026-76931 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Custom+) Arbitrary File Read And Server-Side Request Forgery ≤3.3.203Update to 3.3.204 | CVE-2025-12496 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.3.202Update to 3.3.203 | CVE-2025-10490 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤3.3.201Update to 3.3.202 | CVE-2025-54714 |
- Medium5.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'zpm_profile_picture' Parameter
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- Medium6.4Authenticated (Custom+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'message' Parameter
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- Medium4.9Authenticated (Custom+) Arbitrary File Read And Server-Side Request Forgery
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- Medium4.4Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤3.3.201Update to 3.3.202
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
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