WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WPFront User Role Editor < 4.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation via whitelist_options Function

Description

The WPFront User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the whitelist_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the default role option that can be leveraged for privilege escalation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is only exploitable on multisite instances.

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Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
stealthcopter, Brian Sans-Souci (liardom)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-04-07 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-04-07 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2025-04-08 (about 1 year ago)

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