CVE-2023-4140
MediumCVSS 6.6Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk45th percentile - higher than 45% of all known CVEs
Summary
The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to and including 7.9.8 due to insufficient restriction on the 'get_header_values' function. This allows authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as an author, to modify their user role.
Risk Assessment
Attackers may gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data or functions within the WordPress system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and review the plugin's permission settings.
Other vulnerabilities in WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress
See all- CVE-2023-4142High
The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to and including 7.9.8 via the '->cus1' parameter. This allows authenticated attackers with author-level permissions or above, if the administrator previously grants access in the plugin settings, to execute code on the server.
- CVE-2023-4141High
The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to and including 7.9.8 via the '->cus2' parameter. This allows authenticated attackers with author-level permissions or above, if the administrator previously grants access in the plugin settings, to create a PHP file and execute code on the server.
- CVE-2023-4139High
The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing due to missing restriction in export folder indexing in versions up to and including 7.9.8. This allows unauthenticated attackers to list and view exported files.
Original NVD description (English source)
The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 7.9.8 due to insufficient restriction on the 'get_header_values' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as an author, if the administrator previously grants access in the plugin settings, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities->cus1' parameter.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS