CVE-2024-10800 WordPress User Extra Fields <= 16.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by exploiting missing capability checks in the User Extra Fields 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-2024-10800?
CVE-2024-10800 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in vanquish WordPress User Extra Fields, published on 13 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WordPress User Extra Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_fields() function in all versions up to, and including, 16.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to add custom fields that can be updated and then use the check_and_overwrite_wp_or_woocommerce_fields function to update the wp_capabilities field to have administrator privileges.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10800?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vanquish User Extra Fields.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10800?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10800 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-10800 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10800 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in vanquish WordPress User Extra Fields
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7mqq-22j6-frjr.