ProfilePress <= 4.13.1 - Limited Privilege Escalation via 'acceptable_defined_roles'

7.3
Improper Input Validation
CVE CVE-2023-41954
CVSS 7.3 (High)
Publicly Published September 9, 2023
Last Updated September 14, 2023
Researcher Revan Arifio

Description

The ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 4.13.1 via the 'acceptable_defined_roles' function due to incomplete validation on a user controlled key. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to a non-administrator role during user-registration.

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Vulnerability Details for Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-user-avatar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.13.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 4.13.2
Patched Version
  • 4.13.2

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