WPC Admin Columns 2.0.6 - 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via User Meta Update

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2025-3418
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published April 11, 2025
Last Updated April 12, 2025
Researcher kr0d
Description

The WPC Admin Columns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 2.0.6 to 2.1.0. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting user meta values that can be updated through the ajax_edit_save() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update their role to that of an administrator.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpc-admin-columns (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 2.0.6 - 2.1.0
Patched Version
  • 2.1.1
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