GERRYWORKS Post by Mail <= 1.0 - Contributor+ Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management

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

CVE	CVE-2024-49608
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	October 18, 2024
Last Updated	October 23, 2024
Researcher	Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Description

The GERRYWORKS Post by Mail plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to administrator.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	gerryworks-post-by-mail (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.0
Patched Version

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