WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Automatic User Roles Switcher < 1.1.2 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation
Description
The plugin does not have authorisation and proper CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated users like subscriber to add any role to themselves, such as administrator
Proof of Concept
Easiest way to reproduce this is w/o the woocommerce plugin active, simply log on as a subscriber and go to the profile page (wp-admin/profile.php), tick the administrator role and update your profile
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.1.2 References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
WPScan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-10-10 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-10-10 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-10-10 (about 1 years ago)
WPScan 