WP Database Reset <= 3.1 - Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management

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

CVE	CVE-2020-7047
CVSS	Critical (9.9)
Publicly Published	January 16, 2020
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Chloe Chamberland

Description

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that gave any authenticated user, with minimal permissions, the ability (with a simple wp-admin/admin.php?db-reset-tables[]=users request) to escalate their privileges to administrator while dropping all other users from the table.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wordpress-database-reset (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.1
Patched Version	3.15

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