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GHSA-Q58R-654C-JM37

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-06 12:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:35

Details

The ReviewX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rx_set_screen_options' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_screen_options[option]' and 'wp_screen_options[value]' parameters during a screen option update.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2024-04-04T04:35:02Z",
  "published": "2023-06-06T12:30:14Z",
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      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-functions.php#L972"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026new=2916148%40reviewx\u0026old=2912114%40reviewx\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=#file472"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4c-5b16a4038e8d?source=cve"
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CVE-2023-2833 (GCVE-0-2023-2833)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-06 09:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:00

Title

ReviewX <= 1.6.13 - Arbitrary Usermeta Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-23 16:01 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2294 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/review…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…
https://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951…
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdevelope…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
reviewx	ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.6.13 (semver)

Credits

István Márton

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