CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-24602
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269, CWE-669
Description
The HM Multiple Roles WordPress plugin before 1.3 does not have any access control to prevent low privilege users to set themselves as admin via their profile page
Affected configurations
• hmplugin hm multiple roles (< 1.3)
Related
References
- https://jetpack.com/2021/08/05/privilege-escalation-in-hm-multiple-roles-wordpress-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fd2548a-08de-4417-bff1-f174dab718d5 Third Party Advisory
- https://jetpack.com/2021/08/05/privilege-escalation-in-hm-multiple-roles-wordpress-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fd2548a-08de-4417-bff1-f174dab718d5 Third Party Advisory