CVE-2024-9192
HIGH
8.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
The WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to insufficient validation on user meta that can be updated in the wpvr_rate_request_result() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta on a WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update their capabilities to that of an administrator.
Affected products and versions
- pressaholic WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer — Up to and including 1.20.0
- pressaholic wordpress_video_robot — Up to and including 1.20.0
References
- codecanyon.net https://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-video-robot-plugin/8619739
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2da019d3-4aca-485a-aa0c-73728dc1e7c1?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record