CVE-2023-4293
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
12/08/2023
Last modified:
08/04/2026
Description
The Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'wpdmpp_update_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'profile[role]' parameter during a profile update.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wpdownloadmanager:premium_packages_-_sell_digital_products_securely:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 5.7.5 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdm-premium-packages/tags/5.7.4/wpdm-premium-packages.php#L1158
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2951917/wpdm-premium-packages#file5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82137302-60ca-44d5-b087-dc96e2815fca?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdm-premium-packages/tags/5.7.4/wpdm-premium-packages.php#L1158
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2951917/wpdm-premium-packages#file5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82137302-60ca-44d5-b087-dc96e2815fca?source=cve



