CVE-2023-3636 (GCVE-0-2023-3636)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-31 05:33
Modified
2026-04-08 16:58
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wedevs | Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker |
Version: 0 ≤ 2.6.4 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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