HM Multiple Roles <= 1.2 - Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Role Change

Improper Privilege Management

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

CVE	CVE-2021-24602
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	July 20, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	clemorphy

Description

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

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	hm-multiple-roles (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.2
Patched Version	1.3

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