WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Remote Users Sync < 2.2.1 - Privilege Escalation to Administrator via 'create' and 'update' Sync Actions

Description

The plugin does not restrict which account fields a synchronised site may set when it creates or updates users, allowing a site holding the shared synchronisation keys to assign the administrator role, modify any existing account and write arbitrary user metadata, bypassing the receiving site's role and metadata restrictions.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.2.1

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Md Jahid Bin Sabit
Submitter
Md Jahid Bin Sabit
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-11 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-11-11 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-11 (about 1 day ago)

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