Store Locator Plus <= 5.5.15 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2021-24289
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published April 26, 2021
Last Updated June 17, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

There is functionality in the Store Locator Plus for WordPress plugin through 5.5.15 that made it possible for authenticated users to update their user meta data to become an administrator on any site using the plugin.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug store-locator-le (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.5.15
Patched Version
  • 5.7
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