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CVE-2023-4153
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 'w3de…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Webmedia | Ban Users | through 1.5.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ban-users/tags/1.5.3/include/ajax.php#L109
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ban-users/tags/1.5.3/include/ajax.php#L199
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af6bd2db-47a4-4381-a881-d5f97a159f8d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ban-users/tags/1.5.3/include/ajax.php#L109
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ban-users/tags/1.5.3/include/ajax.php#L199
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af6bd2db-47a4-4381-a881-d5f97a159f8d?source=cve