CVE-2020-7047

WP Database Reset <= 3.1 - Privilege Escalation

criticalImproper Privilege Management

9.9

CVSS Score

9.9

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

3.15

Patched in

1468d

Time to patch

Description

The WordPress plugin, WP Database Reset through 3.1, contains a flaw that gave any authenticated user, with minimal permissions, the ability (with a simple wp-admin/admin.php?db-reset-tables[]=users request) to escalate their privileges to administrator while dropping all other users from the table.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.1

PublishedJanuary 16, 2020

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwordpress-database-reset

Source Code

WordPress.org SVN

Vulnerable v3.1

Browse source Download .zip

Patched v3.15

Browse source Download .zip

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ca6605f-7c9c-43c7-ae32-ca1d781c1e86?source=api-prod

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