CVE-2021-34622

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
A vulnerability in the user profile update component found in the ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator while editing their profile. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-34622
  • Assigner
  • security@wordfence.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-07-07T13:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-27T11:59:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
NVD-CWE-Other http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:profilepress:profilepress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 3.0.0 3.1.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34622
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34622
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:58:01 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 05:29:11 2021-07-07T13:15Z 2021-07-07T13:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 05:29:11 2022-10-27T11:59:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 05:29:11 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated