Exam Matrix <= 1.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE CVE-2024-50485
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published October 25, 2024
Last Updated October 31, 2024
Researcher ghsinfosec
Description

The Exam Matrix plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting functionality that makes it possible for unauthenticated users to register as a higher privileged role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain higher access privileges such as administrative.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug exam-matrix (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5
Patched Version
This record contains material that is subject to copyright

Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.
License: Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy. License Detail.