Name: CVE-2023-0820: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-0820, CWE-352, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.00141

The User Role by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 1.6.7 does not protect against CSRF in requests to update role capabilities, leading to arbitrary privilege escalation of any role.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
User Role Plugin	—	Update user-role plugin to version 1.6.7, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Mar 13, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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