vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: hm-multiple-roles: CVE-2021-24602: Improper Privilege Management
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 20, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 20, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The HM Multiple Roles WordPress plugin before 1.3 does not have any access control to prevent low privilege users to set themselves as admin via their profile page
Solution
hm-multiple-roles-plugin-cve-2021-24602
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24602
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/14f0df3e-4333-49d8-a318-6f9fa614c23e?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11514
- CVE-2021-24602
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24602
- CWE-269
- CWE-669
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-11514
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