CVE-2022-45069

WordPress Crowdsignal Dashboard plugin <= 3.0.9 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Auth. (contributor+) Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Crowdsignal Dashboard plugin <= 3.0.9 on WordPress.

Vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios autenticada (con permisos de colaboradores o superiores) en el complemento Crowdsignal Dashboard de Wordpress en versiones <= 3.0.9.

The Crowdsignal Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.0.9. This is due to missing authorization checks on the settings page that made it possible for contributor-level attackers to load the ratings settings page and modify the settings.

*Credits: Vulnerability discovered by Nosa "apapedulimu" Shandy (Patchstack Alliance)

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

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-11-09 CVE Reserved
2022-11-17 CVE Published
2024-06-09 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/polldaddy/wordpress-crowdsignal-dashboard-plugin-3-0-9-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Automattic Search vendor "Automattic"		Crowdsignal Dashboard Search vendor "Automattic" for product "Crowdsignal Dashboard"				< 3.0.10 Search vendor "Automattic" for product "Crowdsignal Dashboard" and version " < 3.0.10"		wordpress		Affected