description: 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.
problem types: CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
affected:
{
vendor: peterschulznl
product: WP Data Access
versions:
version: *, status: affected, lessThanOrEqual: 5.3.7, versionType: semver
defaultStatus: unaffected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
baseScore: 7.5
baseSeverity: HIGH
]