Vulnerability · Published Apr 3, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2023-0820User Role by BestWebSoft < 1.6.7 - Privilege Escalation via CSRF

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site request forgery in User Role by BestWebSoft from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The User Role by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 1.6.7 does not protect against CSRF in requests to update role capabilities, leading to arbitrary privilege escalation of any role.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	User Role by BestWebSoft	0 – before 1.6.7

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b93d9f9d-0fd9-49b8-b465-d32b95351912 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description