Controlled Admin Access < 1.5.6 - Privilege Escalation
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.9epss 1.2%
exploitation probability
1.2%top 34% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The Controlled Admin Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 by not properly restricting access to the configuration page. This makes it possible for attackers to create a new administrator role with unrestricted access.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
waseem_senjer · Controlled Admin AccessReferences
https://blog.nintechnet.com/vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-controlled-admin-access-plugin/https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/controlled-admin-access/trunk/readme.txthttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ddc0a9d-c081-4bef-aa87-3b10d037379chttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c57211a-f59d-4379-b09e-7c6049a6b04d?source=cve