SalesKing <= 1.6.15 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2024-22157
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published January 16, 2024
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The SalesKing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.15. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug salesking (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.15
Patched Version
  • 1.6.30
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