CVE-2023-2833 ReviewX <= 1.6.13 - Arbitrary Usermeta Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2023-2833?

CVE-2023-2833 is a high-severity vulnerability in ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema, published on 6 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2833?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpdeveloper Reviewx.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2833?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-2833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema

• CVE-2023-26325 SQL injection in ReviewX WordPress Plugin High 8.8
• CVE-2024-29812 WordPress ReviewX plugin <= 1.6.22 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2022-46809 WordPress ReviewX Plugin <= 1.6.7 is vulnerable to CSV Injection Medium 6.1
• CVE-2024-43323 WordPress ReviewX plugin <= 1.6.28 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 5.3
• CVE-2023-40670 WordPress ReviewX plugin <= 1.6.17 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q58r-654c-jm37.