CVE-2023-2833

high-risk
Published 2023-06-06

The ReviewX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rx_set_screen_options' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_screen_options[option]' and 'wp_screen_options[value]' parameters during a screen option update.

Do I need to act?

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26.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 73% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Reviewx

Affected Vendors

Wpdeveloper

References (10)

Exploit https://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/
Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-funct...
Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new...
Exploit https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalatio...
Exploit https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4...
Exploit https://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/
Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-funct...
Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new...
Exploit https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalatio...
Exploit https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4...
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 15/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal