Description

WordPress Plugin HM Multiple Roles is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently change their role to admin. WordPress Plugin HM Multiple Roles version 1.2 is vulnerable; prior versions are also affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.3 or latest

References

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-117/

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:5FD2548A-08DE-4417-BFF1-F174DAB718D5

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hm-multiple-roles/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24602 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass