Store Locator Plus <= 5.5.15 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation

8.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2021-24289
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published April 26, 2021
Last Updated February 1, 2023
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

There is functionality in the Store Locator Plus for WordPress plugin through 5.5.15 that made it possible for authenticated users to update their user meta data to become an administrator on any site using the plugin.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug store-locator-le (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.5.15
Patched Version
  • 5.7

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