CVE-2023-4293 Privilege escalation in Premium Packages – Sell Digital Products Securely
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to higher roles by manipulating profile update parameters in the Premium Packages WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-4293?
CVE-2023-4293 is a high-severity vulnerability in codename065 Premium Packages – Sell Digital Products Securely, published on 12 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4293?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpdownloadmanager Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4293?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-4293 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4293 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in codename065 Premium Packages – Sell Digital Products Securely
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c953-h837-3cjw.