Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro <= 7.6.2.1 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2024-43333Published · Updated Action summary
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE): Affected: ≤7.6.2.1Update to 7.6.3 or newer
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro: Affected: ≤7.6.2.1Update to 7.6.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) admin-site-enhancements
- Affected≤ 7.6.2.1
- Patched in7.6.3
Update to 7.6.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 7.6.2.1. Version 7.6.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro admin-site-enhancements-pro
- Affected≤ 7.6.2.1
- Patched in7.6.3
Update to 7.6.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 7.6.2.1. Version 7.6.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE).
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 7.6.3, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 7.6.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting user's ability to utilize the “View Admin as Role” feature. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to recover access to a previous role, such as administrator, granted they had previously held a higher role. CVE-2025-24648 is a duplicate assignment of the same vulnerability.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)
All 12| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting <9.0.1Update to 9.0.1 | CVE-2026-19615 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤8.8.3Update to 8.8.4 | CVE-2026-12083 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤8.4.0Update to 8.4.1 | CVE-2026-32423 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation ≤7.6.2.1Update to 7.6.3 | CVE-2025-24648 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤8.0.8Update to 8.1.0 | CVE-2025-64255 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<9.0.1Update to 9.0.1
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤8.8.3Update to 8.8.4
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤8.4.0Update to 8.4.1
- High8.8Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
≤7.6.2.1Update to 7.6.3
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤8.0.8Update to 8.1.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.