wpCentral <= 1.4.7 - Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE Not available
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published January 24, 2020
Last Updated June 17, 2024
Researcher WebARX Security
Description

The wpCentral for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.4.7 due to missing authorization checks and validation on the wpc_fetch_authkey() and my_wpc_signon() functions. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with low-level privileges such as a subscriber, to log in as a site administrator.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-central (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.8
Patched Version
  • 1.4.8
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