Privilege Escalation Flaw in WP Project Manager Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2023-3636

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WP Project Manager – Task, Team, And Project Management Plugin Featuring Kanban Board And Gantt Charts
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 August 2023

What is CVE-2023-3636?

The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress contains a flaw that allows authenticated users with minimal permissions to escalate their privileges. This vulnerability arises from inadequate restrictions on the 'save_users_map_name' function, enabling attackers, such as subscribers, to alter their user roles through manipulation of the 'usernames' parameter. Users are encouraged to update to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

WP Project Manager – Task, team, and project management plugin featuring kanban board and gantt charts * <= 2.6.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedevs-project...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2942291/wede...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Chloe Chamberland
Lana Codes
.
The Cyber Security Vulnerability Database.