CVE-2021-34622

ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability in the user profile update component found in the ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator while editing their profile. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .

Una vulnerabilidad en el componente de actualización del perfil de usuario encontrada en el archivo ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php del plugin ProfilePress de WordPress permite a usuarios escalar sus privilegios a los de un administrador durante la edición de su perfil. Este problema afecta a las versiones 3.0.0 - 3.1.3

*Credits: Chloe Chamberland, Wordfence

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-06-10 CVE Reserved
2021-06-28 CVE Published
2024-10-15 CVE Updated
2024-10-15 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin	2024-10-15

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Properfraction Search vendor "Properfraction"		Profilepress Search vendor "Properfraction" for product "Profilepress"				>= 3.0.0 <= 3.1.3 Search vendor "Properfraction" for product "Profilepress" and version " >= 3.0.0 <= 3.1.3"		wordpress		Affected