vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: barcode-scanner-lite-pos-to-manage-products-inventory-and-orders: CVE-2024-33567: Improper Privilege Management

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 25, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026

Description

The Barcode Scanner and Inventory manager. POS (Point of Sale) – scan barcodes and create orders with barcode reader. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting user meta values that can be updated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to an administrator.

Solution

barcode-scanner-lite-pos-to-manage-products-inventory-and-orders-plugin-cve-2024-33567
Title
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