WP Password Policy <= 3.7.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
21Vexday Risk Score
Sin señal de explotación. Ningún artefacto público de explotación conocido hasta ahora.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.3%
probabilidad de explotación
0.3%top 81% de las CVE
explotación observada
noninguna fuente lo reporta
The WP Password Policy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to and including 3.7.1. This is due to missing authorization checks and nonce verification in the `get_user()` function of the `Module_Password_Hint` class, which unconditionally calls `WP_User::set_role()` with the attacker-supplied `role` parameter on any account resolved via `$_POST['user_login']`, without confirming the requesting user holds the capability to assign roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their own privileges to Administrator by submitting a crafted POST request — with `action` set to `createuser` and `role` set to `administrator` — to the password-reset form endpoint. The vulnerable code path is reachable via the `password_hint` filter hooked during the WordPress password-reset form render, meaning an attacker need only possess a valid password-reset cookie to reach the sink.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Productos afectados
teydeastudio · WP Password PolicyReferencias
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-requirements/tags/3.7.1/src/modules/password-hint/class-module-password-hint.php#L39https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-requirements/tags/3.7.1/src/modules/password-hint/class-module-password-hint.php#L54https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ad5ca1c-b8c3-42c0-8170-821ada826cbb?source=cve