CVE-2021-24602 (GCVE-0-2021-24602)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-23 11:10 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI
Title
HM Multiple Roles < 1.3 - Arbitrary Role Change
Summary
The HM Multiple Roles WordPress plugin before 1.3 does not have any access control to prevent low privilege users to set themselves as admin via their profile page
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1679 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown HM Multiple Roles Affected: 1.3 , < 1.3 (custom)
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