WP Data Access, CVE-2023-1874

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-1874
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Data Access
Application: WP Data Access
Published on: Apr 12, 2023
Research 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.
Affected versions: max 5.3.8.
Status: vulnerable