SalesKing <= 1.6.15 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

9.8
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2024-22157
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published January 16, 2024
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong - Patchstack

Description

The SalesKing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.15. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug salesking
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.30, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.15
Patched Version
  • 1.6.30

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