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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Change History

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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          *cpe:2.3:a:dynamiapps:frontend_admin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.25.1

Wordfence: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3204192/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/fields/user/class-role.php Types: Patch

Wordfence: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9fdc833-8384-42c0-ad9b-72e5b6351964?source=cve Types: Third Party Advisory

The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.24.5. This is due to insufficient controls on the user role select field when utilizing the 'Role' field in a form. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new administrative user accounts, even when the administrative user role has not been provided as an option to the user, granted that unauthenticated users have been provided access to the 

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-269

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3204192/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/fields/user/class-role.php

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9fdc833-8384-42c0-ad9b-72e5b6351964?source=cve