Controlled Admin Access: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Controlled Admin Access is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Controlled Admin Access
- Plugin slug
controlled-admin-access- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 07, 2023
This CVE was published Jun 07, 2023 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Controlled Admin Access to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Controlled Admin Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 by not properly restricting access to the configuration page. This makes it possible for attackers to create a new administrator role with unrestricted access.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary and upstream sources
- NVD record for CVE-2021-4360
- Upstream reference blog.nintechnet.com
- WordPress upstream reference plugins.svn.wordpress.org
- Upstream reference wpscan.com
- Wordfence advisory wordfence.com
- Upstream reference blog.nintechnet.com
- WordPress upstream reference plugins.svn.wordpress.org
- Upstream reference wpscan.com
- Wordfence advisory wordfence.com