Spectra Pro <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation

8.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2024-3828
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published May 9, 2024
Last Updated May 10, 2024
Researcher Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_) - VNPT-VCI

Description

The Spectra Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to the plugin allowing lower-privileged users to create registration forms and set the default role to administrator This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to create administrator-level accounts.

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Vulnerability Details for Spectra Pro

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug spectra-pro
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.1.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.5
Patched Version
  • 1.1.6

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