Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WP User Avatar - CVE-2021-34622
Published: August 24, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU56052
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34622
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions during user profile updates, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
WP User Avatar
How to mitigate CVE-2021-34622
Install updates from vendor's website.
WP User Avatar - update to 3.1.4