vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: post-grid: CVE-2024-8253: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 10, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 10, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions 2.2.87 to 2.2.90. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta values can be updated and ensuring a form is active. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta to become an administrator.
Solution
post-grid-plugin-cve-2024-8253
References
Rapid7 Labs
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