InfiniteWP Client <= 1.3.7 - Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published December 2, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marc-Alexandre Montpas
Description

The InfiniteWP Client plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to put the vulnerable site into maintenance mode if the admin's username is known.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug iwp-client (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.7
Patched Version
  • 1.3.8
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