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CVE-2023-4293

MEDIUM 6.5 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 12, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-269
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

The Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'wpdmpp_update_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'profile[role]' parameter during a profile update.

Affected WordPress components

  • Premium Packages – Sell Digital Products Securely Plugin · wpdm-premium-packages
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 5.7.4
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • codename065 Premium Packages – Sell Digital Products Securely — Up to and including 5.7.4
  • wpdownloadmanager premium_packages_-_sell_digital_products_securely — Up to and including 5.7.5

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdm-premium-packages/tags/5.7.4/wpdm-premium-packages.php#L1158 Exploit
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2951917/wpdm-premium-packages#file5 Patch
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82137302-60ca-44d5-b087-dc96e2815fca?source=cve Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record