CVE-2024-12293CWE-352

User Role Editor <= 4.64.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation

High · published December 17, 2024

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.64.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_roles() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add or remove roles for arbitrary users, including escalating their privileges to administrator, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00329 · 24.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Published
2024-12-17T08:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 DEC 08:22Z
    User Role Editor <= 4.64.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation
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