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GHSA-6F4X-X656-Q884

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-12 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:32

Details

The WP Data Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This is due to a lack of authorization checks on the multiple_roles_update function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wpda_role[]' parameter during a profile update. This requires the 'Enable role management' setting to be enabled for the site.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-1874 (GCVE-0-2023-1874)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-12 13:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:06

Title

WP Data Access <= 5.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-13 16:19 UTC

CWE

CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-dat…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-dat…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-dat…
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/privilege-…
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171825/WordP…	x_transferred

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
peterschulznl	WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Charts, Maps & Dashboards	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.3.7 (semver)

Credits

Chloe Chamberland

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