Spectra Pro: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Spectra Pro is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least author-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Spectra Pro
- Plugin slug
spectra-pro- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 14, 2024
This CVE was published May 14, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Spectra Pro 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 Spectra Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to the plugin allowing lower-privileged users to create registration forms and set the default role to administrator This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to create administrator-level accounts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H