CVE-2023-3636
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'save_users_map_name' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'usernames' parameter.
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Affected Products
WordPress Vulnerability
Identified and analyzed by Wordfence
Software Type
Patch Status
Published
Software Details
Software Name
WP Project Manager – Task, team, and project management plugin featuring kanban board and gantt charts
Software Slug
wedevs-project-manager
Affected Versions
Patched Versions
Remediation
Update to version 2.6.5, or a newer patched version
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Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: August 31, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024