WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Xelion Webchat < 9.2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update

Description

The Xelion Webchat plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the xwc_save_settings() function in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 9.2.0

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
kr0d
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-04-23 (about 11 months ago)
Added
2025-04-23 (about 11 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-04-30 (about 11 months ago)

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