CVE-2023-47682 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in weDevs WP User Frontend allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP User Frontend: from n/a through 3.6.5.

Published: 2024-05-17

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

weDevs

WP User Frontend

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 3.6.5

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No data.

Vendor	Product	Confidence	Versions
Wedevs	Wp User Frontend	—	—

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 3.6.6 or a higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-51780	Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in weDevs WP User Frontend allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP User Frontend: from n/a through 3.6.5.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0022.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-user-frontend/wordpress-wp-user-frontend-plugin-3-6-5-authenticated-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Wedevs Wp User Frontend

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-05-17T08:36:12.682Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:16:43.343Z

Reserved: 2023-11-08T16:08:15.189Z

Link: CVE-2023-47682

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:16:43.343Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-17T09:15:11.870

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:30:40.140

Link: CVE-2023-47682

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T23:05:57Z

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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