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CVE-2021-34622

ProfilePress ProfilePress — ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation

Description · from the CVE record

A vulnerability in the user profile update component found in the ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator while editing their profile. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
ProfilePress3.0.0 - 3.1.3–CNA
profilepress3.0.0 – 3.1.3–CISA-ADP

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin