FKIE_CVE-2023-2833

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-06-06 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:53
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The ReviewX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rx_set_screen_options' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_screen_options[option]' and 'wp_screen_options[value]' parameters during a screen option update.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-functions.php#L972Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2916148%40reviewx&old=2912114%40reviewx&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file472Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-reviewx-wordpress-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4c-5b16a4038e8d?source=cveExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-functions.php#L972Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2916148%40reviewx&old=2912114%40reviewx&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file472Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-reviewx-wordpress-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4c-5b16a4038e8d?source=cveExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "ReviewX \u2013 Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews \u0026 Schema",
          "vendor": "reviewx",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "1.6.13",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:53:34.487",
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