CVE-2024-9519 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the UserPlus plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 2.0. Authenticated attackers with editor-level permissions or higher can exploit an improper capability check in the 'save_metabox_form' function to elevate their privileges to administrator. Rated 7.2 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpuserplus:userplus:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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