description: The BAN Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 due to a missing capability check on the 'w3dev_save_ban_user_settings_callback' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify the plugin settings to access the ban and unban functionality and set the role of the unbanned user.
problem types: CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
affected:
{
vendor: webxmedia
product: BAN Users
versions:
version: *, status: affected, lessThanOrEqual: 1.5.3, versionType: semver
defaultStatus: unaffected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
baseScore: 8.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
]