CVE-2023-0820 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The User Role by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 1.6.7 does not protect against CSRF in requests to update role capabilities, leading to arbitrary privilege escalation of any role.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00141.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

User Role by BestWebSoft

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.6.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:user_role:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Bestwebsoft Subscribe	User Role Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12824	The User Role by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 1.6.7 does not protect against CSRF in requests to update role capabilities, leading to arbitrary privilege escalation of any role.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b93d9f9d-0fd9-49b8-b465-d32b95351912

History

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-352
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-04-03T14:38:25.817Z

Updated: 2025-02-14T16:53:04.935Z

Reserved: 2023-02-13T21:06:49.336Z

Link: CVE-2023-0820

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.435Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-03T15:15:18.920

Modified: 2025-02-14T17:15:13.047

Link: CVE-2023-0820

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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