CVE-2024-12293 User Role Editor <= 4.64.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation
Attackers can trick administrators into granting themselves admin privileges via CSRF in the User Role Editor plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12293?
CVE-2024-12293 is a high-severity vulnerability in shinephp User Role Editor, published on 17 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.64.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_roles() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add or remove roles for arbitrary users, including escalating their privileges to administrator, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12293?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12293?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-12293 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12293 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gxcj-4x66-8ccf.