CVE-2024-12293 — User Role Editor <= 4.64.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation
The User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.64.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce val…
Published: 2024-12-17 · CVSS: 8.8 · CVSS 3.1
The User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.64.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_roles() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add or remove roles for arbitrary users, including escalating their privileges to administrator, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7