High severity · published Jun 6, 2023
CVE-2023-2833
ReviewX <= 1.6.13 - Arbitrary Usermeta Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
8.8
CVSS
17.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ReviewX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rx_set_screen_options' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_screen_options[option]' and 'wp_screen_options[value]' parameters during a screen option update.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)17.5% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RM
ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema · reviewx
through 1.6.13 · source: vendor
RE
Reviewx · Wpdeveloper
through 1.6.13 · source: NVD
Affected product
RM
ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema
reviewx
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2833
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2833
Exploit
https://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-functions.php#L972
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2916148%40reviewx&old=2912114%40reviewx&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file472
Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-reviewx-wordpress-plugin/
Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4c-5b16a4038e8d?source=cve
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