wpCentral <= 1.4.7 - Privilege Escalation

8.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published January 24, 2020
Last Updated June 17, 2024
Researcher WebARX Security - WebARX Security

Description

The wpCentral for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.4.7 due to missing authorization checks and validation on the wpc_fetch_authkey() and my_wpc_signon() functions. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with low-level privileges such as a subscriber, to log in as a site administrator.

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Vulnerability Details for wpCentral

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-central (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.4.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.4.8
Patched Version
  • 1.4.8

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