Description
The Controlled Admin Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 by not properly restricting access to the configuration page. This makes it possible for attackers to create a new administrator role with unrestricted access.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
waseem_senjer Controlled Admin Access
Default version status: unaffected
0 to < 1.5.6affected
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c57211a-f59d-4379-b09e-7c6049a6b04d?source=cve ↗
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-controlled-admin-access-plugin/ ↗
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/controlled-admin-access/trunk/readme.txt ↗
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ddc0a9d-c081-4bef-aa87-3b10d037379c ↗