CVE-2024-8253 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting versions 2.2.87 through 2.2.90 of the Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress. The flaw allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to elevate their privileges to administrator by manipulating user meta values due to insufficient restrictions. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a significant risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been observed.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.2.87, < 2.2.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pickplugins:post_grid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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