CVE-2021-4402 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Multiple Roles plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.3.1. This flaw stems from insufficient nonce validation in specific functions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to add additional roles to users. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity but requiring user interaction from an administrator to trigger the exploit, with a potential impact of unauthorized role modification. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:multiple_roles_project:multiple_roles:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.