WordPress plugin
User Role Editor <= 4.24 — Authenticated Privilege Escalation
b7a57c3b-0d1b-40ad-9e55-6a1eab4e0380Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <4.25Update to 4.25 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-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
User Role Editor user-role-editor
- Affected< 4.25
- Patched in4.25
Update to 4.25 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 4.25. Version 4.25 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under User Role Editor.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.25, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch User Role Editor to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the 'update' function in versions up to, and including, 4.24. This makes it possible for any authenticated attackers to grant themselves the administrator role.
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 User Role Editor
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation ≤4.64.3Update to 4.64.4 | CVE-2024-12293 |
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation
≤4.64.3Update to 4.64.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.