Profile Builder <= 2.4.0 - Privilege Escalation

8.8
Missing Authorization
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published July 7, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Panagiotis Vagenas - Wordfence

Description

The Profile Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to elevate user roles to administrative levels, giving them full control of the website. This vulnerability only impacts websites that have registration enabled, but given that the plugin functionality is directly related to registration it is likely that the majority of websites with the plugin installed are effected.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug profile-builder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.4.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.4.1
Patched Version
  • 2.4.1

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